Roman gifts Tuchel ‘lucrative’ transfer budget to improve squad, as Barca offer player in part exchange deal to sign Chelsea star this summer
According to The Sun via Daily Mail, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is set to hand Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel a whopping £150million to spend on improving his squad this summer.
Chelsea spent £253m on new talent last summer under former boss Frank Lampard, bringing in the likes of Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Edouard Mendy and Hakim Ziyech.
Tuchel has had an immediate impact since replacing Lampard as Chelsea boss in January, guiding the Blues to the FA Cup final and Champions League final.
Werner, who joined from RB Leipzig last season, has only managed 12 goals in 48 appearances and Tuchel is keen on bringing in a quality striker that will bang in the goals consistently for the Blues.
Chelsea have been linked with Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland and Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku.
Tuchel is also interested in signing a centre-back this summer.
Barcelona are considering including Miralem Pjanic as a makeweight as they attempt to lure Jorginho away from Chelsea this summer, according to Todo Fichajes.
The Catalan giants look set to miss out on winning the title this campaign, having been held to a draw by Levante in a six-goal thriller last time out.
Joan Laporta’s first season back at the club as president will be a pivotal one, with a major rebuild in order if Barca want to have any chance of challenging again.
As per Todo Fichajes, Chelsea midfielder Jorginho is player being targeted, with Barca prepared to send Miralem Pjanic in the opposite direction.
Jorginho has been a key figure for the Blues under Thomas Tuchel thus far, so it’s difficult seeing the German allowing him to walk out the door without putting up a fight.
If there were a player of Pjanic’s quality offered in return, however, then Tuchel, and the Chelsea hierarchy, may well be more open to the idea of letting him go.
Though, considering Jorginho has had one of the best seasons of his career, and Pjanic is out of favour at the Nou Camp, Barca would likely have to include a significant sum of cash in the deal, too.