Todd Boehly has just held a meeting in Saudi Arabia, three Chelsea players definitely won’t be sold there

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Reports have claimed that Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has recently held a meeting over in Saudi Arabia.

According to The Telegraph, the American made a trip recently to see the director of football for the Saudi Pro League, former Chelsea chief Michael Emenalo.

Boehly and co turned to the up and coming league over the summer as they realised they needed to sell a number of players in order to continue to spend.

Some players who had been crucial members of the Chelsea squad who won the Champions League less than three years ago saw themselves make the move, with N’golo Kante not signing a new contract to stay at Stamford Bridge.

However, Edouard Mendy was one of the players they recieved a substantial fee for, as well as Kalidou Koulibaly who had only been at the club just a season.

Fast forward to now, and it looks as if again that a number of first team players are going to need to be moved on in order to see them strengthen again ahead of next season.

Chelsea won’t sell homegrown players to Saudi Arabia

There are a number of players on loan, such as Ian Maatsen and Romelu Lukaku, who the club will hope have proven during their respective spells that they should be signed permanently at the end of the campaign.

However, they look like they may have to move on a number of homegrown players too in order to balance the books.

Trevoh Chalobah, Armando Broja and even Conor Gallagher are all still strongly linked with moves away from the club at the end of the season.

However, it has now been claimed that it is not likely they will be some of the players who are brought up in discussions with any Saudi clubs this summer.

Instead, it is likely the more established players who are surplus to requirements are approached for a move. Raheem Sterling has been a long-term target for them, and could be turned to again with his future certainly not secure.