Chelsea's new owner Todd Boehly has Declan Rice hot on Chelsea's transfer 'agenda' this summer and could initiate contacts from his camp as early as next week as big things have been promised to Thomas Tuchel this summer.
Now that Romelu Lukaku's situation has been resolved with a loan to Inter Milan expected to be confirmed next week, all eyes have turned towards the £200million rebuild that will largely be made up of various attacking and defensive signings. However, midfield is an area of need still and West Ham's number 41 alongside the likes of Aurelien Tchouameni were two of the big targets the Blues had coming into the transfer window. But circumstances with numerous player departures has meant that midfield planning has had to take somewhat of a back seat in recent months.
"For months, the noises were that Chelsea would go for one of Rice or Tchouameni this summer. But the latter looks off the table now (partly due to the impact of sanctions) while the [former] may prove far too expensive," football.london Chelsea's chief correspondent Adam Newson updated on the midfield situation in a recent Q&A. "Boubacar Kamara was looked at given his contract situation but Chelsea never went all in and he's now joined Aston Villa. Another name that's cropped up is PSV's Ibrahim Sangare, but I don't know how genuine the interest is at this stage.
