Chelsea continue to be linked with some of the top attackers in world football as they look to revamp their frontline ahead of next season.
The Blues have already secured the services of Liam Delap ahead of a number of other Premier League sides, and are now looking elsewhere in England for their next target.
They have been linked with the addition of Mohammed Kudus, after missing out on signing him back in 2023. He joined West Ham that summer.
Chelsea are interested again, although as ever are going to look at other ways of getting the price down to bring him in.
Chelsea offer seven players in attempt to sign Mohammed Kudus
One opportunity is a swap deal. The Blues are already weighing up swapping Joao Felix for a Benfica centre-back this summer.
With them keen to move on a number of players this summer, Graeme Bailey has exclusively told The Chelsea Chronicle that seven individuals have been mentioned who could be sent to West Ham in exchange.
Defenders Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Axel Disasi and Trevoh Chalobah have all cropped up, as well as Robert Sanchez, Carney Chukwuemeka and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
He said: “So, I’m told that there’s been talk with West Ham a little bit about possibly looking at Kudus and with players in exchange.
“I believe that Chelsea were offering Sanchez and Dewsbury-Hall but West Ham didn’t want that particularly, so yeah that’s an interesting one. Kudos, again a name who could be one to keep an eye on but obviously if it means Chelsea getting these players out. Dewsbury-Hall, we know is someone who can go. Robert Sanchez is one who they’re willing to let go which tells us about the goalkeeper situation.
“West Ham we know were interested in Chalobah, Disasi, Tosin and Badiashile I think two or three of them are going to leave, but I think they want money for them, especially Tosin and Chalobah, because of the pure profit. I think Chukwuemeka has been mentioned as well to West Ham.”
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Links to Kudus only further imply that the Blues are far from finished when it comes to the summer transfer window.
After Delap, the Blues are looking at another striker, with rumours of Nicolas Jackson being unhappy at the prospect of competition for his place in the side.
In order to facilitate new players coming in though, a number of first team players are going to have to move on, with a number of those potentially coming at the back.
However, the Chelsea players will likely be against the sale of Tosin, with him showing immense leadership skills since coming in last summer.
