Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel isn’t sure whether his club will be able to afford the transfer fee needed to buy Declan Rice now Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is no longer bankrolling them.
Although the German has claimed he is not even sure they could have afforded the £150million-rated West Ham star if the outgoing billionaire Chelsea owner was still writing the cheques to sign players.
Chelsea are long-term admirers of Rice, who has flourished at West Ham in recent seasons and established himself as a regular in Gareth Southgate's England side, having been released from the Blues academy as a youngster.
