The Blues are reportedly in the race for Kingsley Coman but his potential arrival would raise questions on a couple stars in Thomas Tuchel’s current squad. Coman and Bayern Muninch have been locked in talks over a new contract in recent months.
The Bundesliga
champions are keen to tie down Coman for the future, who has two years left on
his current deal.
But recent
reports have suggested that Coman has rejected the latest contract offer from
Bayern ahead of the summer transfer window.
That has seemingly alerted some
of the top clubs across Europe with United said to be monitoring his situation
and Chelsea may hold an advantage over their Premier League rivals, according
to Bild.
Coman recently brought in Pini Zahavi as his new
agent, who reportedly has ‘close ties’ with Roman Abramovich.
He played a huge role in Chelsea signing players
such as Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole to kickstart the Abramovich era and the
pair have maintained their relationship.
That could play into the hands of Marina
Granovskaia, who has the final say on transfers at Chelsea.
However, signing a player like Coman would shake up
Tuchel’s squad which is already inundated with attacking options out wide.
Timo Werner, Christian Pulisic, Callum Hudson-Odoi
and Hakim Ziyech have all stepped in to the starting line-up this past season.
But Ziyech and Hudson-Odoi struggled for regular
minutes when Tuchel took charge and Coman’s possible arrival would raise
questions on their futures at Stamford Bridge.
Hudson-Odoi was a regular when Tuchel initially took
over from Frank Lampard, but soon fell out of favour in the Premier League.
He played in just two of the Chelsea’s final six
league games and hasn’t featured in the Champions League since the round-of-16
win over Atletico Madrid.
Ziyech meanwhile has struggled to find a regular
place in Tuchel’s side, with the German head coach changing the system at
Chelsea.
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Hakim Ziyech could struggle for game time.
He’s been battling with Kai Havertz to play more
centrally, although he did start and score in the 2-1 win over Manchester City
earlier this month.
But Tuchel has only used Ziyech as an option off the
bench in the Champions League and he may have to make do with another
substitutes appearance in the final this Saturday.
Ziyech was signed by Lampard last year for £34m and
there has already been reports that he is looking to leave after his first year
in England
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