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Tom Coley

Chelsea transfer plan to backfire as £60m target becomes frustrated as Nathan Ake talks progress

It has been a frustrating summer for all involved at Stamford Bridge so far, with so much on the to-do list of Todd Boehly and Thomas Tuchel, no tangible progress has been made.

Although deals for Raheem Sterling and Nathan Ake are edging closer, Chelsea have still got a lot of work to do if they are to repair the void left by departing senior players. Tuchel and his squad depart for their preseason tour of America on Saturday, July 9, and there are still plenty of unknown futures in the squad.

With Champions League-winning defenders Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen both leaving the club for free, and Boehly orchestrating a complex meeting with Barcelona to sanction the transfers of Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso, alongside pulling strings to convince Raphina and Ousmane Dembele that London is a better destination than Catalonia, there is almost too much to keep track of.

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