One of Chelsea's biggest tasks for the summer transfer window will be identifying and securing a perfect midfielder partner for their record signing Enzo Fernandez. A British record transfer fee of £106million was spent by the Blues to acquire the 22-year-old from Benfica, but their midfield rebuild is still yet to be completed.
Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham are two obvious long-term targets for Chelsea, although the Blues appear behind in both of those transfer races. Arsenal are firmly in the lead for the West Ham captain and he is their priority target for the summer, as football.london understands.
Meanwhile for Bellingham, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City are all hopeful they can convince the teenager to join their respective team. In terms of discovering a partner best-suited to Fernandez there may be no one better than Brighton's Alexis Mac Allister, who could be available in the summer.
