Chelsea have begun negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain to signal defender Presnel Kimpembe as Thomas Tuchel appears to be like to bolster his back-line even additional.
The west London membership confirmed the £45million seize of Raheem Sterling from Manchester Metropolis on Wednesday and at the moment are placing all their effort into strengthening a defence that was considerably weakened over the summer season.
Skilled heads Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen each left on free transfers – for Actual Madrid and Barcelona respectively – with Tuchel eager to herald three new centre-backs to interchange them.
A deal for Kalidou Koulibaly is now at a complicated stage, with Chelsea having agreed a price price round £33.8m with Napoli.
The Senegal worldwide has been given permission to fly to London – the place he touched down on Wednesday night – and can shortly jet to Los Angeles to endure a medical and hyperlink up together with his new team-mates earlier than the deal is made official.
However Koulibaly is not going to be the one big-name central defender heading to Stamford Bridge this month, with the membership additionally pushing arduous to herald each Nathan Ake and Kimpembe.
A deal for Ake has been within the works for a while and Chelsea are assured of re-signing their former academy participant for round £40m by the top of subsequent week on the newest.
Based on The Athletic, co-owner Todd Boehly – who's appearing as interim sporting director – has additionally now opened talks with PSG over Kimpembe.
Negotiations usually are not but at a complicated stage however the French champions are open to promoting the 26-year-old if their valuation is met.
Up to now that has not occurred, with one other report from The Unbiased claiming that PSG have set a price ticket of €50million (£42m) plus €10m (£8.5m) in bonuses.
That might make Kimpembe considerably dearer than each Koulibaly and Ake, and would probably make him Chelsea’s most costly signing of the summer season window.
Tuchel is eager to be reunited with the Frenchman – who he coached in Paris – and is drawn to his versatility, with Kimpembe capable of play in a number of positions within the again three; Ake, against this, is seen predominantly as a left-sided centre-back.
Chelsea usually are not the one membership all in favour of signing Kimpembe, nonetheless, with Juventus additionally making contact with PSG as they search for a alternative for Bayern Munich-bound Matthijs de Ligt.
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