Chelsea have confirmed Denis Zakaria will wear the No.20 jersey for the 2022/23 season after Callum Hudson-Odoi vacated the number following his loan departure.
Zakaria's loan move includes a buy option in the region of a £30million fee should they wish to make the Swiss international's spell at Stamford Bridge permanent next summer. Chelsea have suffered a number of injuries to their midfield options and a deal for Zakaria has now eased Thomas Tuchel's selection headache ahead of a busy period of fixtures.
The 25-year-old will have to wait to make his Premier League debut for the Blues, as Tuchel detailed during his press conference, due to him not being granted a work permit in time for the game against West Ham. Hudson-Odoi's future at Stamford Bridge may be in doubt now after Zakaria took his vacated No.20 jersey after the English winger moved to Bayer Leverkusen on-loan.
