Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has dropped a telling transfer hint amid links to various forwards across Europe including Cristiano Ronaldo, Serge Gnabry, Rafael Leao and Robert Lewandowski.
The Blues finally kicked off the Todd Boehly era with the first men's signing of his reign as Manchester City's Raheem Sterling was signed before joining his new teammates on their pre-season tour in LA. football.london understands Chelsea will pay Man City an initial fee worth around £45million for Sterling. A further £10m will be due to the Premier League champions if a number of performance-related add-ons are met throughout the 27-year-old's time at Stamford Bridge.
Kalidou Koulibaly is expected to follow imminently after he boarded a plane on Thursday night to London to undertake his medical ahead of a £34million move being confirmed from Napoli. Two players secured and four more could follow. With the £200million-plus transfer budget that has been eaten into already that could equate to a total of six new faces, it is understood that two more defenders will be added to the roster.
