Todd Boehly has been told how to finally sign Inter Milan star Denzel Dumfries with Chelsea in need of a deputy to Reece James. The Cobham graduate suffered a knee injury in the Blues' 2-0 win over AC Milan in the Champions League group stage and is set to be out for eight weeks.
Graham Potter is now without one of the west Londoners' key players in the final fixtures ahead of the World Cup. After failing to sign Dumfries in the summer, Boehly has been left to rue the decision with just Cesar Azpilicueta and Ruben Loftus-Cheek as Chelsea's only viable senior options.
During negotiations of Romelu Lukaku's return to Inter in the summer, the Blues asked the Italian giants to include Dumfries as part of a permanent player-plus-cash swap deal, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. But, a deal failed to materialise and the Belgium international, who is valued at £43.5million by CIES Football Observatory, stayed put.
