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Tom Coley

Chelsea get key to avoiding £176m Cristiano Ronaldo transfer in Armando Broja replacement search

Chelsea could have their perfect striker incoming handed to them after Lille's manager Paulo Fonseca admitted Jonathan David could leave. The Canadian striker has been a long-term target for several Premier League sides including Chelsea and has previously explained his admiration for the league.

After third-choice striker Armando Broja was ruled out for the rest of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, Graham Potter has been handed a dilemma heading into January with 33-year-old Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kai Havertz the only two senior players for the centre-forward slot.

The Blues had already been expected to have a busy winter window with extra reinforcements needed across the pitch, but Broja's knock has left a new hole.

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