Breaking down all the major deals, rumors from transfer deadline day

Another deadline day is in the books. Below, we provide quick-hit analysis of the biggest stories from a frantic final day of the summer transfer window.

Chelsea couldn’t move everyone

Chelsea moved out 22 players during the summer transfer window, an astonishing number that would’ve left most clubs with the bare essentials. But Chelsea aren’t most clubs. Even after undertaking such a massive clear out, the Blues still have a bloated squad of 29 first-team players. Deadline-day moves for Conor Gallagher, Ian Maatsen, Marc Cucurella, and Trevoh Chalobah all disintegrated, leaving Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino with future selection headaches. Good luck keeping all these young and eager players happy without any European football to offer. And none of this is new. Thiago Silva warned the club in April the squad was too big to manage, revealing to reporters’ astonishment that Chelsea needed a bigger dressing room to accommodate everyone. “We need to stop and put a strategy in place, otherwise next season we could make the sa

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