A summer of chasing transfer targets is looking set to continue for Thomas Tuchel as Bayern Munich's action forces a player merry-go-round through Europe.
Chelsea had been looking into deals for both Robert Lewandowski and Matthijs de Ligt but an agreement between Bayern and Barcelona could see Todd Boehly miss out on two more of his shortlisted players.
The Blues have already fallen foul to the Catalan club this window, seeing Leeds United winger Raphinha choose Xavi's side over a move to London and Ousmane Dembele belatedly committing himself to a longer spell in Spain.
