Chelsea have been widely linked with a number of eye-catching deals as they look to bolster their squad for the new season.
New owner, new CEO and potentially a new look squad. That is the theme developing at Stamford Bridge where the Blues are looking to add significant muscle to their team.
The gap to leaders Manchester City and Liverpool has grown in the past two years but the London club are looking to make waves in the 2022/23 campaign.
Chelsea’s transfer targets:
Raphina
The Leeds forward is in high demand but Chelsea lead the way according to reports. It will take as much as £55m to bring the Brazilian to London with Arsenal and Barcelona also keen.
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Milan Skriniar
Having seemingly moved on from Sevilla Jules Kounde and being priced out of a deal for centre-back Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus), it looks certain that manager Thomas Tuchel will be signing a new centre back. Inter Milan look like they will be losing the Slovakia defender with PSG also watching.
Raheem Sterling (and two City teammates)
The likeliest deal of the transfer window is that of Sterling to Chelsea. As City continue to reshape their squad, the England international is deemed to be surplus to requirements. Talk lingers that former Chelsea product Nathan Ake might return with Ukraine international Oleksandr Zinchenko also now being linked.
Cristiano Ronaldo
It appears unlikely that Chelsea will replace Romelu Lukaku with the Manchester United legend.
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