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Luke Thrower

Chelsea handed Christopher Nkunku summer transfer problem with potential N'Golo Kante repeat

Chelsea seem set to sign Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig in the summer. Official confirmation of a deal is yet to be announced, but it appears to be a matter of time before that is the case.

The France international has a release clause in his current contract, but Todd Boehly is believed to have used a negotiation technique that will see the Blues pay over that to sign him on favourable terms. There will be hopes that Nkunku will help solve the current goal scoring woes faced by the west London outfit.

In the mean time though, he will be seeing out the rest of the season with RB Leipzig, where he has teamed up often with former Chelsea man Timo Werner. The German forward has already warned his teammate about the level in the Premier League, telling SportBILD: "Everyone has to make their own experiences, I had a very good first year, the second was so-so.

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