Tuchel sends ‘massive message’ to Chelsea board after lack of January transfer
The Blues are expected to sign a full-back during the January transfer window due to the injuries suffered by Reece James and Ben Chilwell, the Blues failed to make any signing.
However, according to The Athletic via TribalFootball, Tuchel is calm after no major additions were made over during the January transfer window.
The Blues are reportedly are thinking of the bigger picture by pursuing the club’s main targets in the summer rather than looking for stop-gap alternatives in the January transfer window.
Tuchel wants Sevilla’s Jules Kounde, West Ham talisman Declan Rice and Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni in his squad next season and the Blues are focused on securing these targets instead of making stop-gap signings during the January transfer window.
Kounde has a reported £75million release clause, Rice is valued at £100m while Tchouameni has a £83m price-tag.
If Chelsea were to sign all three players in the summer that outlay would cost £258m, based on those current figures. As a result, the Blues have decided it would be better to save the transfer budget for those targets rather than use part of that budget on another player during the now shut January window.
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