Chelsea’s main transfer target revealed and deal to be completed when sanctions end

Chelsea welcome Leicester City to Stamford Bridge this coming Thursday evening, as the penultimate match of the 2021/22 campaign gets underway. Brendan Rodgers’ men have had a fluctuating term, with ups and downs aplenty. Ultimately the Foxes have nothing to play for except pride, and a few extra million pounds in revenue via final Premier League placing. Not attaining Europe for next season is a big let down for the Leicester support; though Brendan Rodgers insists that reaction illuminates the progress made under his tutelage. The East Midlands outfit have injury issues regarding Youri Tielemans, Papy Mendy, Ricardo Pereira and Hamza Choudhury ahead of the showdown.

With the Blues safely qualified for the Champions League in 2022/23, they too have nothing in particular to play for. That is following an unfortunate UCL exit at the hands of Real Madrid. Along with defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup Final. A partial squad rebuild is a necessity this summer, following sanctions assisting the departure of two key defenders: Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen. When restrictions end and new ownership is in place, CFC fans can definitely expect fitting replacements. Not to mention a marquee signing feasibly transpiring.

Chelsea’s main transfer target revealed with deal hopeful when sanctions cease

With regard to when the Blues takeover will occur, there have been mixed signals and contradicting claims from multiple, usually, trustworthy sources this week. On Tuesday it was suggested that issues with the buyout had arisen once more because the United Kingdom government is concerned that profits which are supposed to go to charity via Roman Abramovich, shall not.

However, the assertion that the deal may suffer complications is being disputed by many other outlets. There is apparently confidence in the Chels’ camp and in Whitehall that an agreement will be reached and approved by the May 31 deadline. Hopefully assurances given by the Abramovich party are genuine and the cabinet’s involvement is fair and sees a good cause benefitted.

When penalties against the West Londoners are finally dropped, they will be able to do a number of things. Firstly, handing fresh and lucrative contracts to Mason Mount and Reece James is absolutely essential. Yet moving onto capturing some new players is another obvious part of the to-do list.

Many targets are connected with a move to Fulham Road: Presnel Kimpembe, Josko Gvardiol, Jose Giminez, Declan Rice, Aurelien Tchouameni and Marc Cucurella, as per Nizaar Kinsella. In addition to potentially headline-grabbing acquisitions such as Barcelona attacker Ousmane Dembele.

However, according to Kinsella, the man Thomas Tuchel’s men want most of all is Jules Kounde. Presently, Kounde is at Spanish club Sevilla. The Goal reporter says the centreback is atop the CFC wishlist for when Todd Boehly’s bid is finalised and, at long last, accepted.

Just like Chelsea, the Spaniards do desire for the move to be completed as soon as possible. Ostensibly there is accord between the 23-year-old and the English team. He will cost up to £60million to sign.