Two big updates have been delivered in relation to Chelsea's pursuit of attacking duo Raheem Sterling and Ousmane Dembélé.
Starting off with the positive news, and with Todd Boehly's focus on signing the Manchester City winger as his marquee signing and attacking priority this summer, it was expected that this deal would be done very soon. Especially now that the current Premier League Champions have agreed to sell Arsenal-bound Gabriel Jesus for around £45million, pending an official announcement on the deal being confirmed.
But that is expected imminently and when that happens, focus will switch to completing the deal for England international Sterling, with Thomas Tuchel keen on this deal to be done in the very near future. The Blues' first bid of around £35m, which was submitted by outgoing director Marina Granovskaia, was rejected outright as the Citizens hold out for somewhere closer to £55m.
