With new ownership coming in, it is unclear how much money will be available to spend in the transfer window.
Premier League leaders Manchester City welcome second-placed Chelsea to the Etihad stadium for a lunchtime battle on Saturday.
The Blues completed the formality in north London, bagging a 1-0 win to set up a final date with one of Liverpool or Arsenal.
Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 on aggregate to go through to the Carabao Cup final.
Chelsea are currently sitting at the top of the Premier League table, having accumulated 26 points from 11 games.
The game will come too early for the return of Christian Pulisic, while Antonio Rudiger picked up an injury on international duty.
Alonso took the knee last season but has not done so in any of the Chelsea matches he has played since the start of the new campaign.
A clinical display from the Blues in the second half saw them bag three goals and three points to go to the top of the league table.
Chelsea have enjoyed an impressive start to the new Premier League season, winning three of their four league matches.
The Chelsea defender concedes that the pictures of the incident look "unfortunate", but insists that he never meant to cause Pogba any harm.