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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Jonty Colman

Thomas Tuchel's new Chelsea XI with Raheem Sterling signed and new centre-backs to follow

Thomas Tuchel’s best Chelsea line-up could look vastly different for the upcoming season once Raheem Sterling and two new centre-backs are embedded into the starting XI.

Sterling completed a £47.5million move from Manchester City on Wednesday evening to become the Blues' first signing of the summer and the first of the Todd Boehly era.

One signing could become two very quickly, as Chelsea are closing in on completing a deal to sign centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly from Italian side Napoli in deal worth £34million. The Senegal international is set to fly out to meet Chelsea’s squad in Los Angeles - where they are taking part in a pre-season training camp - and complete a medial ahead of signing officially for the West London club.

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