"Manchester City can confirm we have reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland to the club on 1st July 2022. The transfer remains subject to the club finalising terms with the player."
A statement that shows the difficult task Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel will have in their quest to hunt down the Premier League's very best. At this current moment Chelsea cannot reach an agreement in principle with another club and cannot even come close to finalising terms with a player. Even their own.
Tuchel has already conceded that the Blues will be behind their rivals in the transfer market, and despite Todd Boehly's group agreeing a deal to acquire Chelsea, they are still unable to progress beyond in-house conversations about potential targets due to the licence they must operate under as a result of Roman Abramovich's sanctions.
