Chelsea have been offered a £205,000-per-week PSG star who could solve a key transfer wish for new head coach Enzo Maresca this summer.
Chelsea eyeing new star attackers in busy summer window
Todd Boehly and BlueCo have made most of the headlines yet again this window in a show of serious spending, with nearly £120 million spent on eight signings.
He’s fresh off the back of an excellent campaign.
The official arrivals of Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Guiu, Omari Kellyman, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Estevao Willian, and Renato Veiga cost Chelsea around £93 million in total, while deals for Aaron Anselmino and Caleb Wiley most recently have added a further £25.5 million (The Athletic).
Regardless of their spending so far, it remains the case that Chelsea could still make more signings before deadline day on August 30. The west Londoners are believed to be in the market for a new winger, with Borussia Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi and Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams on Chelsea’s radar.
| Chelsea’s top scorers in all competitions last season | Goals |
|---|---|
| Cole Palmer | 25 |
| Nicolas Jackson | 17 |
| Raheem Sterling | 10 |
| Noni Madueke | 8 |
| Conor Gallagher | 7 |
Maresca has also made it clear he wants a new striker behind the scenes, according to some reports, which led to a failed bid for Atletico Madrid starlet Samu Omorodion.
Other marquee names have been linked with moves to Stamford Bridge, like Napoli star Victor Osimhen, but a move for the Nigerian appears less and less likely as the window ticks on due to the sheer size of a potential deal.
Chelsea have considered Lille star Jonathan David as a cheaper option, but the Blues even tried their hand with an audacious approach for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak at the start of this month.
Both Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson were responsible for the majority of Chelsea’s goalscoring output last season, but as previously stated, it is believed Maresca is keen on bringing in a new striker to ease the burden.