All the latest Chelsea news and transfer rumours as they happen in our live blog
Hello and welcome to football.london’s live blog on Tuesday.
With the 2021/22 season now behind Chelsea and the takeover from Todd Boehly’s consortium finally announced,attention can turn entirely to transfer business. It looks set to be a busy few months for the Blues as well as they aim to bolster all areas of their squad.
This is the first full day of the Boehly/Clearlake era and there are already some big updates to bring you on football.london.
The likes of Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembele and Neymar are a few attacking targets that are all being monitored by the Blues as they aim to improve in all areas of the pitch ahead of 2022/23 with £200million set to be available for Tuchel to use in his rebuild.
With that in mind, sit back and let football.london keep you posted with all the latest activity from west London.
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Kimpembe interest
Chelsea are reportedly interested in signing Paris Saint-Germain defender Presnel Kimpembe this summer. According to Sky Sports, via The Chelsea Chronicle, the Blues have put the PSG star on a shortlist of centre-back targets.
The report adds Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel considers him a first choice target to strengthen his defence going into next season.
Gallagher stance
It looks as though Conor Gallagher is part of Thomas Tuchel’s plans next season.
Ousmane Dembélé to Chelsea transfer progress
Ousmane Dembele
Ousmane Dembele, who is admired highly by Tuchel, is set to become a free agent come the end of the season and with Barca’s financial woes showing their head once again, Chelsea have the opportunity to pounce on this situation.
PSG were heavily interested in the former Dortmund star back in January but with are now apparently interested in Arsenal winger Nicolas Pepe, so the Blues may have a free run to a signing for the former Dortmund attacker.
Portuguese transfer specialist Pedro Almeida, who was one of the first journalists to report on Luis Diaz’s move to Liverpool has reported this on his Twitter account: “Chelsea is seriously pushing for the signing of Ousmane Dembele as a free agent.”
