Barcelona's £17million Jules Kounde issue is set to force them into a big £96m transfer decision which is set to benefit Todd Boehly and Chelsea.
The Blues are in need of more reinforcements despite the £180m spent so far this summer. Issues in the depth of the midfield and attack (striker's position) were exposed with the most recent humbling at Elland Road over the weekend against Leeds. Despite manager Thomas Tuchel's reluctance to shut down the need for transfers in favour of concentrating on what he has at his disposal, he knows deep down that more backing is needed from Boehly if the German was to seriously get Chelsea somewhere near the Premier League title conversation this season.
"I don't know. We need to wait. The transfer period is still open. It gets later and later, and we need to focus on what we have and what we can do," Tuchel said in his post-match press conference. "We can obviously play at a high level, but we lost track when there was no need. We were not forced to lose track. Everything was going well. We can win with this team in Leeds, everything was going well, and we had goalscoring opportunities. It went the other way, and I think it was more our fault than anyone else's credit."
