The transfer deadline has crept up and is just around the corner, leaving Chelsea with just over one week to get all of their business over the line and concluded. The Blues have already made a number of additions, with Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella all joining the first-team fold.
Young trio Gabriel Slonina, Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei have all joined too, with a view to building a promising future at the club. Despite that business being done already, it seems as though there's plenty more to come over the remaining week of transfer action.
One key area is that of the defence, with a lack of options at Thomas Tuchel's disposal. This is only further exacerbated by the loss of Koulibaly to suspension, with the coach asked if it would impact his signings: "I don't know. We need to wait.
