{"id":842729,"date":"2026-08-04T02:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842729\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:36:20","slug":"transfer-roundup-chelsea-sell-trevoh-chalobah-and-sign-jordan-henderson-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842729\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer roundup: Chelsea sell Trevoh Chalobah and sign Jordan Henderson | Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trevoh Chalobah\u2019s long association with Chelsea is to end after Como agreed a deal worth an initial \u00a325.7m. The England defender<\/a>\u2019s departure was agreed on the same day the club completed the signing of Jordan Henderson.<\/p>\n

Chalobah made 105 Premier League appearances for Chelsea and established himself as a first-team option during a number of turbulent periods for the club. The move will be seen as a coup for Como\u2019s head coach, Cesc F\u00e0bregas<\/a>, with the former Chelsea midfielder pushing to bring the centre-back to Italy.<\/p>\n

The clubs have settled on a package that includes \u00a35.1m in performance-related add-ons and a sell-on clause. For Chelsea, the departure of another homegrown academy product \u2013 Chalobah, now 27, has been at the club since he was eight \u2013 will generate pure profit, a key factor as they continue to balance the books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On another busy day in west London the new manager, Xabi Alonso<\/a>, welcomed Henderson to the club after his departure from Brentford. The 36-year-old joined on a free transfer after playing 34 times for the Bees last season, a campaign that also earned him a place in England\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the size of the club, the manager, who I have great admiration for, and the quality of the players, this was a huge opportunity I couldn\u2019t turn down,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cI was so impressed with how much the ownership \u200cwant Chelsea<\/a> to be successful and move in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Jordan Henderson following Danny Welbeck to Chelsea, the club have shown a clear intent to sign more experienced players. Composite: Guardian Picture Desk<\/p>\n

Henderson came through Sunderland\u2019s academy before joining Liverpool in 2011. He spent 12 seasons at Anfield, playing 492 games in all competitions, and captained the team to Champions League victory in 2019<\/a> and the \u200cPremier League title in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n

He left Liverpool for Al-Ettifaq<\/a> in the Saudi Pro League in 2023, but \u200bsix months later joined Ajax<\/a>. He moved on again last summer to join Brentford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Henderson played six minutes at the World Cup before breaking an arm<\/a> in a post-match accident after England\u2019s last-16 victory against Mexico. He is Chelsea\u2019s fourth English signing of the transfer window, after the record acquisition of Morgan Rogers<\/a> \u200bfrom Aston Villa, Danny Welbeck from Brighton<\/a> and the teenager Harrison Bettoni from Wigan.<\/p>\n

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Gonzalo Garc\u00eda has joined Fulham from Real Madrid for \u00a334m on a five-year contract. The deal, which includes an option for the club to extend by a further 12 months, sees the 22-year-old Spanish striker reunite with former Real head coach, Alvaro Arbeloa. Garcia said: \u201cI\u2019m very grateful, very happy to be here. I have to thank the board and Arbeloa for the trust they\u2019ve put in me, and I\u2019m very, very excited to start.\u201dGarcia had been with Real since joining in 2014 aged 10 and made 39 appearances for Los Blancos last season, registering eight goals and three assists.<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Palacios has also made the switch from the Bernab\u00e9u to Craven Cottage for an undisclosed fee. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder will wear the No 8 shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trevoh Chalobah\u2019s long association with Chelsea is to end after Como agreed a deal worth an initial \u00a325.7m.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-842729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}