Thomas Tuchel has outlined the profile of defender he would like Todd Boehly to sign before the transfer window slams shut. Chelsea have been heavily linked with a number of centre-backs this summer, namely Jules Kounde, but the German is after a specific archetype who can pave the west Londoners' transition into a new formation.
This follows the Blues' four-goal loss to Arsenal in pre-season, where Tuchel found no success alternating between a back-five and a back-four. And as a result, the clash alerted Chelsea to an area of the pitch that needs bolstering — the Antonio Rudiger role.
The 29-year-old, who earned his stripes operating as a left-sided centre-half in a back-five, swapped Stamford Bridge for the Santiago Bernabeu this summer, and Chelsea are still yet to fill the void he left behind. So, Tuchel has made it his mission to find a replacement.
