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Milan Skriniar to Chelsea transfer 'not easy' as Jules Kounde Barcelona blow confirmed

Milan Skriniar has been a player linked to Chelsea, like new signing Kalidou Koulibaly, since Antonio Conte's time in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Now, with Jules Kounde seemingly moving ever-closer to Barcelona as confirmed by their latest leak, new owner Todd Boehly is having to search for new options for Thomas Tuchel's side. After the loss against Arsenal, one aspect of Tuchel's post-match press conference that was certain was his message to the new board that a lot more transfer business needs to be done if his side are to be in for a good Premier League campaign.

"There is no update, no update," the German briefly answered when asked about Kounde and transfers after the 4-0 defeat. "The analysing of the season does not change because of this game. Unfortunately, it proved my point and the last week proves my point. I would prefer to not be right and I did everything to prove myself wrong, but at the moment I feel I was right when I look at the last season and at the parts of the game where we struggled and how we struggled.

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