Fabrizio Romano has taken to his distinctive Each day Briefing column to focus on Chelsea’s January transfer plans in assault and defence.
In accordance to the transfer news pro, Chelsea could be keen to indication both Victor Osimhen or Ivan Toney up front, with reinforcements in assault seeking like a crystal clear precedence for the Blues just after a tricky start out to the season relying on unconvincing youngster Nicolas Jackson in that division.
Osimhen and Toney search excellent after their sort for Napoli and Brentford, respectively, so it will be attention-grabbing to see how this develops in the weeks and months ahead.
Romano admits that just one concern could be that it will be difficult to prise Osimhen absent from Napoli in the center of the period, so that could perhaps issue towards Toney being the additional reasonable possibility.
Meanwhile, Romano added that Chelsea could also seem for new signings at centre-back again, depending on what opportunities occur up in the marketplace.
“With Chelsea, a new striker for guaranteed will be mentioned in advance of January, whilst a new centre-again can be a chance in case they obtain an opportunity but they’re not desperate to get a single, it relies upon on the market alternatives, so I just cannot give names for the minute, but they have superb directors so I’m confident they will find fantastic options if that is what they come to a decision,” Romano explained.
“For the striker situation, we presently know about hyperlinks with Ivan Toney and Victor Osimhen, and for sure both of them would be prime major signings. For Osimhen, nevertheless, I continue to imagine a January move away from Napoli is seeking hard.”
