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Daniel Childs

Chelsea cannot avoid £25m Josko Gvardiol warning as Thomas Tuchel's transfer wishlist revealed

Fikayo Tomori lifting the Scudetto with AC Milan over the weekend painted a bittersweet picture for Chelsea fans. On the one hand, it was lovely to see a Cobham graduate excel away from Stamford Bridge after a difficult period, a similar sentiment many feel towards Tammy Abraham's success at Roma.

But his success and continuing development as a defender stings as Chelsea are forced to rebuild their defence with the departures of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.

Tomori was sold to AC Milan after a loan for £25m, shortly after another left-sided defender Marc Guehi was sold for £20m to Crystal Palace. Further shortening Chelsea's internal options with the contract crisis looming before the season.

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