Kenedy, Marina Granovskaia and Chelsea's winners and losers after the January transfer window

Chelsea's January transfer window was something of a non-event. The Blues didn't make a single first-team signing nor did they let anybody depart from Thomas Tuchel's squad.

That was always expected to be the case in truth. Tuchel did want reinforcement at left wing-back in the absence of Ben Chilwell but there was only one candidate the German truly felt was worth pushing for in the transfer market: Emerson Palmieri.

Unfortunately, that didn't happen. And when Chelsea decided to give up on bringing the Italian international back to Stamford Bridge from Lyon, that was effectively the end of their transfer window endeavours.

So Tuchel will see out the remainder of this season with virtually the same squad he went into January with. Thankfully, several key figures have returned to fitness since the start of the year and Reece James is inching ever closer to his return from a hamstring injury.

There are those within the first-team group that have benefitted from Chelsea's quiet January. Others are the club will not be so content with how the winter transfer window played out.

Here, we pick out our Chelsea's winners and losers from January now that transfer deadline day has passed.

Since Chilwell suffered his season-ending knee ligament injury against Juventus in November, the Spaniard has regained his role in the Chelsea side.

He has started 11 of the Blues' last 12 Premier League games; the only one that he began on the bench was the victory over Tottenham prior to the current international break.

Tuchel did want another left wing-back brought to Stamford Bridge in January – more on that below – but it didn't happen and that will mean Alonso is guaranteed regular minutes for the remainder of the campaign.

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