Chelsea spent over £270 million this summer on the likes of Wesley Fofana, Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella, Kalidou Koulibaly, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Carney Chukwuemeka. However, they were linked with moves for plenty of other names.
Bayern Munich full-back Benjamin Pavard was one of those players mentioned, but he remained with the Bundesliga giants. A source told football.london in July that Pavard was on a shortlist of defensive targets Chelsea were monitoring.
Manchester United were also linked with the France international who has less than two years remaining on his contract at the Allianz Arena. In the summer, Pavard was asked about the possibility of him leaving Bayern, and said: "I still have a two-year contract and I am very happy here. But you never know what will happen in football."
