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Chelsea push for triple defender swoop after confirming Raheem Sterling

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Chelsea push for triple defender swoop after confirming Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling is formally the latest arrival at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea opened their switch account this summer time with a transfer for the 27-year-old England star.

Chelsea shelled out simply shy of £50million for Sterling because the Blues appeared so as to add reinforcements up entrance after the departure of Romelu Lukaku after the Belgian headed again to Inter Milan, however the transfer for Sterling was simply the primary of a string of anticipated transfers that chilly quickly take form over the following few days.

Per reviews in The Guardian, Chelsea is about to quickly enhance their again line underneath boss Thomas Tuchel as they close to a accomplished deal for Senegalese star Kalidou Koulibaly.

Chelsea goal Presnel Kimpembe, signal Raheem Sterling and agree Kalidou Kouilibaly deal on hectic day of switch exercise. By @JacobSteinberg and @ed_aarons https://t.co/ttLTlksXyn pic.twitter.com/UxSLzXAPwb
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) July 13, 2022

With the Blues anticipated so as to add the 31-year-old center-back as one of many replacements for outgoing duo Antonio Rüdiger and Andreas Christensen after agreeing to a deal for the Senegalese subject to a completed medical, Chelsea can be concentrating on two further center-back’s in Paris Saint-Germain’s Presnel Kimpembe and Man Metropolis’s Nathan Aké.

Chelsea is on the heels of Kimpembe after PSG are open to letting the French worldwide if their valuation is met however the Blues could possibly be made to conflict with Juventus over the 26-year-old after the Serie A giants have additionally expressed curiosity per reports from The Athletic’s David Ornstein.

Nathan Aké can be excessive on the precedence listing for Thomas Tuchel and the membership’s new possession construction underneath Todd Boehly, with Fabrizio Romano confirming that Aké – together with Kimpembe – are prime targets because the Premier League giants missed out on a transfer for Dutch star Matthijs de Ligt, who’s near sealing a transfer to German juggernaut Bayern Munich.

Ought to the Blues full all three offers, Tuchel could have a cadre of center-back choices together with Thiago Silva in addition to membership academy graduate Trevoh Chalobah, with a three-at-the-back deployment certain to stay in west London.

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