Casemiro or Frenkie de Jong? That could now be the key question on the table for Todd Boehly and Chelsea as we approach crunch time in the summer transfer window. With their still a stalemate with trying to prise De Jong out of Barcelona amid the ongoing contractual dispute, there is now a realistic chance that the Blues could end the summer window without a new midfielder.
This could prove to be quite problematic with both N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic now sidelined with different injuries ahead of Leeds United. Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Conor Gallagher can fill short-term but none of the pair would be a natural defensive-minded midfielder like Chelsea's number 7 is to Thomas Tuchel's set-up.
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