Argentina star Lautaro Martinez has delivered Chelsea a monumental transfer blow with his Inter Milan transfer request amid Romelu Lukaku uncertainty.
Todd Boehly and his newly formed consortium are already seeking out a new number 9 for the current World Champions, just a. year on from when the previous regime splurged a club record £97.5million on Serie A star Lukaku. However, despite a quick start to the season, the Blues' number 9 never really got going with the end of 2021/22 signifying a mini upturn in form ahead of the summer transfer window.
For Arsenal, they are on the lookout for a new number 9 after Edu failed to bring in a Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang replacement in the January transfer window. Instead, they had to make do with both Eddie Nketiah and Alexandre Lacazette until the end of the season, with the former of the pair set for a new bumper contract. Elsewhere in North London, Antonio Conte's Tottenham were more than equipped to take on their top-four challenge with both Harry Kane and Son Heung-min showing fine form throughout 2021/22.
