Chelsea have now set their sights on another central midfielder and a centre-back after completing the club-record signing of Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for £97.5million. The Blues have broken the bank to bring the Belgian back to west London and there is a sense of unfinished business when the striker is concerned.
Yet Thomas Tuchel does not want to stop just yet and the club are looking to recruit up to two more new faces before August 31.
That could hinge on sales though and there are a number of players that Chelsea need to sell to free up some funds and the wage bill.
Those include the likes of Ross Barkley, Davide Zappacosta, Michy Batshuayi, Kenedy, Danny Drinkwater, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Baba Rahman.
Kurt Zouma, Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus-Cheek could also be heading towards the exit door permitting suitable offers arrive.
Chelsea already have a clear idea of who they would like to bring and according to The Athletic, Declan Rice, Aurelien Tchouameni and Jules Kounde are the current names on the club's shortlist.
Chelsea had presented the idea of a player-plus-cash deal involving Zouma for Kounde but Sevilla said no, causing negotiations to stall.
Now Chalobah could be the solution for the Blues and Tuchel said in Belfast: "Absolutely that’s why he played," when quizzed if the former Lorient loanee was in his plans.
"He played good against Arsenal and he played a good game also against Bournemouth, then Arsenal, then Tottenham. We wanted to have guys on the field who are capable to play 90 minutes.
"Trevoh was first in training the very first in training and is physically strong and deserved to play by his performances so far and again today he was very strong.