Chelsea have already completed six transfers this month but could yet bring two more players into the club. Enzo Fernandez and Malo Gusto are set to be prominent names linked to the Blues in the coming days.
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has claimed that Gusto will remain in France for the remainder of the season, while Benfica head coach Roger Schmidt has suggested he does not expect to lose Fernandez before the end of the month. The Blues could still offer another proposal for the World Cup winner, though when talks restarted last week, Benfica reaffirmed that they would require the player's release clause to part ways.
Of course, Chelsea have been linked to a plethora of other central midfield targets including Moises Caicedo and Edson Alvarez who they attempted to sign late in the summer transfer window. Nevertheless, Fernandez is a name that has extended across much of the month and the west London side's outward uncertainty over their commitment to landing the Argentina international has led to a degree of paucity elsewhere.
