The top donors in the window were busy with two other new additions to the team on the reporting date.

 The top donors in the window were busy with two other new additions to the team on the reporting date.  The priority was to sign a striker...

 The top donors in the window were busy with two other new additions to the team on the reporting date. 

The priority was to sign a striker and a midfielder and the mission was accomplished when former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came to a deal that paid off. £10. 4m with left-back Marcos Alonso going the other way.

 The club pressured Ajax to sign Edson Alvarez to fill the midfield position for several hours but the Dutch club blocked him as they didn't have time to find a replacement. 

 Chelsea have secured Denis Zakaria for one season with an option to buy for £30m with time pressing. Meanwhile, attempts to sign defender Josko Gvardiol, who signed a new contract at RB Leipzig today, will resume in January. 

Some money was raised when Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour joined Brighton for £9million, while youngsters Ethan Ampadu, Harvey Vale and Xavier Simons agreed to loan moves. 

Michyy Batshuayi has been linked with a late move to Nottingham Forest. 

In general, nobody can accuse the board of not supporting coach Thomas Tuchel. Taking all add-ons into account, a club record £273. million was spent. 

Defenders Wesley Fofana, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella have been signed for up to £165.5m to replace Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen and Alonso. 

Goals but Chelsea but it still feels like much rests on the shoulders of 33-year-old Aubameyang to ignite Chelsea's attack after two losses in their last three games.

. Total spend: £273m (including add-ons). Wesley Fofana:

 Leicester, £70m Marc Cucurella: Brighton, £60m Carney Chukwuemeka: Chicago Fire, £8.1m Kalidou Koulibaly: Napoli, £34m Pounds, 

Raheem Sterling: Manchester City, £47.5m, Cesare Casadei :

 Inter Milan, undisclosedPierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Barcelona, ​​£10.4m.

Denis Zakaria - Juventus, on loan Chelsea transfer.

 Callum Hudson-Odoi - Bayer Leverkusen,

 loan Emerson Palmieri – West Ham,

 undisclosed Timo Werner – RB Leipzig,

 undisclosed Levi Colwill – Brighton, loan Tino Anjorin – Huddersfield, 

loan Andreas Christensen – Barcelona released Jake Clarke-Salter

 – QPR, not named Danny Drinkwater - sacked Charly Musonda - sacked Ross Barkley - sacked Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid, 

sacked Romelu Lukaku - Inter Milan, loaned out Billy Gilmour - Brighton, £9m

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