Chelsea at the moment are ready to pay £58m for Champions League striker

Chelsea chiefs are actively new striker choices forward of the summer time switch window, and it’s believed a pacey Champions League striker is on their shortlist of potential targets as BlueCo resolve how far they’d be prepared to go for his signature.

Chelsea figuring out summer time centre-forward targets

Enzo Maresca is presently paying the worth for Chelsea’s lack of ahead signings in January, with Marc Guiu, Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke out injured long-term.

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There’s been obvious unrest behind-the-scenes.

Chelsea have simply Christopher Nkunku as their solely actual quantity 9 possibility, with Maresca additionally making an attempt to get the very best out of Cole Palmer following the England star’s latest drop in kind at Stamford Bridge.

Palmer performed as a false 9 throughout their 3-0 defeat at Brighton final week, and Nkunku finally did not make any actual impression. Chelsea did not register a single shot on the right track towards the Seagulls, with co-sporting administrators Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley now trying to make sure that the west Londoners will not be left in such a precarious place subsequent season.

Based on dependable journalist Simon Phillips lately, Chelsea have laid quite a lot of groundwork over a possible summer time deal for Liam Delap, however the Ipswich City sensation is on no account their solely goal.

“Chelsea have now laid down vital groundwork to signal Liam Delap in the summertime,” wrote Phillips on his Substack.

“There aren’t any claims of this being a pre-deal agreed or something but, however quite a lot of the work was performed within the January window when Chelsea spoke to Ipswich City and the brokers of the participant on various events.

Supply says Chelsea proceed to carry talks with Benjamin Sesko’s folks and have stored that line open as properly, and there’s nonetheless dream curiosity in Alexander Isak. Nevertheless, on the latter, our supply says that any deal for Isak can be too costly, and the participant can be completely happy at Newcastle.

“These are simply two striker names talked about as alternate options to Delap, however Chelsea are additionally speaking with different strikers in addition to the entire above. Curiosity stays additionally in Viktor Gyokeres.”

When it comes to different names, Bayer Leverkusen star Victor Boniface is an alternative choice believed to be attracting consideration from Cobham.

Chelsea ready to pay £58 million for Bayer Leverkusen star Victor Boniface

The Nigerian performed a vital function in serving to Leverkusen to an historic unbeaten Bundesliga title final season, bagging 21 targets and 10 assists in all competitions, and he is continued in equally good kind this marketing campaign regardless of some damage issues.

Based on a Spanish media supply, Chelsea are ready to pay £58 million for Boniface this summer time, and it’s believed they view him as a great profile to strengthen Maresca’s attacking choices.

It is usually acknowledged {that a} bid within the area of that quantity can be troublesome for Xabi Alonso’s aspect to go up, so this may very well be one to look at heading into subsequent season.

“Victor’s an actual drawback for opposition defences. He is highly effective, fast and makes runs from deep,” stated Alonso on Boniface. “He has mentality and works for the staff, not for himself.”