Enzo Maresca and Christopher Nkunku of Chelsea (Photograph by Justin Setterfield, Mike Hewitt/Getty Photos)
Chelsea are prone to offload a couple of gamers within the upcoming January switch window, and one in every of them could possibly be of curiosity to Barcelona.
Sources with a detailed understanding of the scenario have knowledgeable CaughtOffside that Blues misfit Christopher Nkunku’s future is in some doubt, and that Barcelona might think about a mortgage transfer for him in the event that they fail to register Dani Olmo.
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca hasn’t discovered a lot room for Nkunku to date this season, so it would make sense for the France worldwide to contemplate a brief transfer away from Stamford Bridge.
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CaughtOffside have been beforehand advised about Nkunku seeking to push for a transfer out of Chelsea this January, with Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain rising as attainable locations.
Barca, nonetheless, may be within the dialog amid issues about Olmo’s registration, whereas Nkunku can also be not the one participant who could possibly be leaving Chelsea this winter.
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CaughtOffside understands that CFC are additionally set to ask gives for Carney Chukwuemeka and Ben Chilwell within the coming weeks.
Chukwuemeka has lengthy been admired by AC Milan, however one challenge for the second is the Blues’ £30m asking worth for the English teenager.
Though Chelsea might let Chukwuemeka go on an preliminary mortgage, it’s felt that they’d then count on an obligation to purchase for round £30m, so it stays to be seen which aspect will budge on that.
Chilwell’s future has additionally lengthy been unsure, with Juventus monitoring his scenario.
Manchester United have additionally beforehand been linked with Chilwell, so one imagines there’ll be an honest quantity of suitors for a confirmed participant of his calibre.