Todd Boehly's £4.25 billion Chelsea takeover can't be signed off soon enough for head coach Thomas Tuchel to begin his urgent facelift of the Premier League club's squad.
The Blues will remain under a transfer embargo until the Government ratifies LA Dodgers part-owner Boehly's consortium and officially brings the curtain down on oligarch Roman Abramovich's 19-year reign at Stamford Bridge.
Since Abramovich was sanctioned by Boris Johnson, over his links to Russian warmonger Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Chelsea have been in transfer limbo. The uncertainty has led to an exodus with out-of-contract Antonio Rudiger agreeing terms for a free transfer to Real Madrid and Andreas Christensen lining up a move to Barcelona, while Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso also seemingly heading for the exit.
