Chelsea may face having to pay players to leave this summer as they seek to balance the books.

With the threat of Financial Fair Play, Chelsea need to make several major sales to meet demands.

The Sun say Christian Pulisic will headline the firesale when he will have 12 months left on his £150,000-a-week contract. It is unlikely any interested clubs will match his £7.8million-a-year salary.

As such, it will mean Blues chairman Boehly having to pay Pulisic to go or take a lower transfer fee.

It is the same situation with several other players. Callum Hudson-Odoi, on loan with Bayer Leverkusen, on around £180,000 a week. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, on £150,000 a week, and Hakim Ziyech on £120,000-a-week wages could also be pushed out.

The biggest earner is striker Romelu Lukaku — on loan at Inter Milan — with two years left of a £325,000-a-week deal.

Losses of £121m last year means Chelsea's board must sell to balance the books and comply with Financial Fair riles.