Despite some ups and downs, it was ultimately a successful season for the Blues, but some will be happier with their individual campaigns than others
It was a rollercoaster, but it all worked out in the end for Chelsea in 2024-25 as they secured a return to the Champions League and a first trophy for more than three years. Objective(s) complete for head coach Enzo Maresca following his appointment last summer.
Despite their best efforts to throw it away in the second half of the season, the Blues finally claimed a top-five place on the Premier League's final day at Nottingham Forest's expense, and three days later Reece James held the Conference League trophy aloft in Wroclaw after a comeback victory over Real Betis.
The end result of Champions League football and a piece of silverware will be highly satisfying to everyone associated with the football club, but on an individual level, which players deserve plaudits and who failed to hit the mark? Some delivered consistently colossal performances across the campaign, others started strongly but fell away and many failed to have any impact at all.
With the 2024-25 campaign wrapped up, GOAL rates and ranks every Chelsea player for their contributions…
Getty Images29Omari Kellyman – N/A
Chelsea's forgotten man. Omari Kellyman was signed from Aston Villa last summer in what seemed very much like a cynical play from both clubs to circumvent the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR). Injuries meant the attacking midfielder didn't play a single minute for the Blues in 2024-25.
AdvertisementGetty Images Sport28Mathis Amougou – N/A
Chelsea's sole January signing, there is definitely a sense that Mathis Amougou wasn't a player that Maresca necessarily wanted. Yet another youngster in their ranks, the teenage midfielder was barely afforded any game time and did not feature in a Premier League matchday squad after mid-March.
Getty Images Sport27Marc Guiu – N/A
Considered an absolute steal when Chelsea signed him from Barcelona for just £6 million last summer, Marc Guiu didn't exactly hit the ground running at Stamford Bridge. The striker's opportunities mainly came in the Conference League, where he bagged six times in as many games, but a serious hamstring injury in February stunted his progress.
Getty26Mykhailo Mudryk – 2/10
Poor Mykhailo Mudryk. Any hope that 2024-25 might be the season the hapless winger finally turned things around was extinguished in December when he was provisionally suspended over a failed drugs test. That curtailed his season, and he is still awaiting an official judgement.