Man City striker Gabriel Jesus has labelled Chelsea one of the 'best teams in the world' as the Blues join Arsenal and Real Madrid in the transfer race to sign their Romelu Lukaku replacement.
The Blues are now preparing for the worst-case scenario with their club-record signing seemingly hellbent on securing an early return to Inter Milan. Although a difficult transfer operation to conduct, Blues owner Todd Boehly is set to meet with manager Thomas Tuchel and the player himself to speak about where things go from this point.
As confirmed by Italian transfer guru Gianluca di Marzio, the 29-year-old himself has put in the groundwork for a while to try and seal his dream Serie A return. Consequently, Chelsea need to prepare for life without the Belgian ahead of 2022/23. According to The Athletic, Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, Benfica's Darwin Nunez and Lille's Jonathan David are seen as viable options by the new Blues board but Martinez wants to stay put in Italy whilst there is stiff competition for both latter options of the trio.
