Chelsea have fallen short with attempts to sign the Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and the Borussia Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens in time for the Club World Cup.
The Stamford Bridge club made moves for Gittens and Maignan before the first transfer window of the summer ended at 7pm on Tuesday night but were unwilling to pay over the odds merely to have them available for the group stages of Fifa’s newly expanded tournament, which begins this weekend.
