Chelsea still in regular contact with Agent regarding two strong targets
Chelsea's transfer planning never sleeps...
Chelsea are still closely monitoring and keeping communications open for a number of potential targets either this winter, or next summer depending on circumstances.
Despite the current summer transfer window ending at the end of August, I’ve been told that Chelsea have kept up regular contact with the Agent of Jules Kounde, who also happens to represent Aurelien Tchouameni as well - Both are strong Chelsea targets.
Kounde was of course very close and waiting to join Chelsea in the window just gone, but his club moved the goalposts and refuse to sell him for the money being offered by Chelsea.
Monaco midfielder Tchouameni has been heavily scouted by the club ahead of this summer and that has continued this season with a view to bringing him to Stamford Bridge either in January, or more likely, next summer.
Chelsea really like the profile Tchouameni has, but they decided against moving for him this summer due to being unsure if he was fully ready for the Premier League, which of course always carries an element of risk.
But just like Kounde, the pursuit of Tchouameni is far from over. But both players are expected to become even more sought after as time goes on so competition could increase.
This is probably why Chelsea are keeping regular communications open with the players representatives for BOTH players potentially moving to Chelsea in the near future.
I have a good contact for both these deals, so we will see if I get any more updates as time goes on.
Simon Phillips