Chelsea ready for a ‘World Cup madness’ on transfer front – Blues have line open to sign player

Chelsea are increasingly being linked to Josko Gvardiol, and not for the first time.

The RB Leipzig defender has long been thought to be on the Blues wanted list, and two decent performances for Croatia at the World Cup have helped hype the situation a little.

Fichajes now say Chelsea are ready for a ‘World Cup madness’ on the transfer front. As has widely been reported, and for some time, it’s thought they already have a deal in place to sign Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig.

He was dealt the cruel blow of being injured in France’s final training session before their Qatar adventure began, so is of course out of the World Cup.

It’s his Leipzig teammate Gvardiol who is being referred to, and Fichajes believe Chelsea have a big advantage in the race for the 20-year-old’s signing. That’s because they have an open live of communication with Leipzig, after the deal for Timo Werner in the summer and the contact over Nkunku.

Over in Italy today it was reported Antonio Conte is trying to use Ivan Perisic to help get the defender to Tottenham. The pair are both with the Croatia squad, but it’s worth pointing out Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic is also there, so perhaps Graham Potter needs to get his midfielder on the case.