Chelsea has started dealings with Paris Saint-Germain to sign defender Presnel Kimpembe as Thomas Tuchel hopes to build up his back-line much further.
The west London club affirmed the £45million catch of Raheem Sterling from Manchester City on Wednesday and is presently investing all their energy into fortifying a defender that was fundamentally debilitated over the summer.
Experienced heads Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen both left on free transfers - for Real Madrid and Barcelona separately - with Tuchel quick to acquire three new defenders to supplant them.
An arrangement for Kalidou Koulibaly is presently at a high-level stage, with Chelsea having settled on an expense worth around £33.8m with Napoli.
Senegal international has been allowed to travel to London - where he landed on Wednesday night - and will in practically no time fly to Los Angeles to go through a clinical and connect up with his new colleagues before the arrangement is made authority.
Yet, Koulibaly won't be the main enormous name focal defender going to Stamford Bridge this month, with the club likewise pushing hard to acquire both Nathan Ake and Kimpembe.
An agreement for Ake has been underway for quite a while and Chelsea is certain of re-marking their previous institute player for around £40m toward the finish of the following week at the most recent.
As per The Athletic, co-proprietor Todd Boehly - who is going about as interval donning chief - has likewise now opened chats with PSG over Kimpembe.
Discussions are not yet at a high-level stage yet the French heroes are available to sell the 26-year-old assuming that their valuation is met.
Up to this point that has not occurred, with one more report from The Independent guaranteeing that PSG has set a sticker price of € 50 million (£42m) in addition to €10m (£8.5m) in rewards.
That would make Kimpembe fundamentally more costly than both Koulibaly and Ake, and would almost certainly make him Chelsea's most costly marking of the mid-year window.
Tuchel is quick to be brought together with the Frenchman - who he trained in Paris - and is drawn to his flexibility, with Kimpembe ready to play in various situations in the back three; Ake, conversely, is seen dominatingly as a left-sided focus back.
Chelsea isn't the main club keen on signing Kimpembe, in any case, Juventus likewise connecting with PSG as they search for a swap for Bayern Munich-bound Matthijs de Ligt.
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