News on Thursday night broke that Chelsea had taken secret steps to gain the upper hand in the Christopher Nkunku transfer race amid Liverpool threat.
BILD Sport reported that Chelsea had held a 'secret medical' in Germany with the 24-year-old at Stamford Bridge in recent times ahead of making a summer transfer to the Premier League. football.london understood that Thomas Tuchel was keen on the Frenchman in the summer but he decided to sign a new deal in the end on improved terms.
However, a £56million release clause has been touted around being in this new deal meaning Todd Boehly wasted no time in trying to make his move early amid transfer threats, especially from Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool.
