Chelsea are reportedly plotting to table an offer for summer target Jules Kounde with Thomas Tuchel facing a crisis on the contract front for his defensive duo of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.
Both players are yet to pen extended terms at Stamford Bridge with the Blues beyond the next summer and there is the talk gaining ground that Chelsea could be in line to lose out on the centre-back pairing for free.
Rudiger and Christensen will be free to talk to their suitors and agree upon pre-contract terms come January 1 which means Chelsea might have to eye up reinforcements in the transfer market.
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Reports from football.london have suggested thar Thomas Tuchel’s camp will set their sights once again on Sevilla man Jules Kounde whose highly tipped move to England’s top flight this past summer fell through over pricing concerns.
It is understood that Chelsea’s sporting director Marina Granovskaia will spearhead the club’s approach to land Kounde’s signature in the forthcoming transfer windows to bolster the defensive roster at Tuchel’s disposal.
