Chelsea stood still in the January transfer window.
Despite the clear void at left-wing-back, first choice in-house target Emerson Palmieri was the sole focus of Marina Granovskaia and co but a £3million compensation offer was not enough to tempt Lyon to release the defender from his loan early, football.london understands.
Other names like Sergino Dest, Leyvin Kurzawa and Borna Sosa were touted as potential targets but the European Champions decided that Kenedy and Lewis Hall are enough to make do with and provide Marcos Alonso competent back up until the end of the season.
