‘Wouldn’t rule it out’… Chelsea may sign striker this week who didn’t even know who Graham Potter was

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Journalist Luke Edwards has now claimed that Chelsea could be in the market still for a striker this week.

He told the ‘Transfer Gossip Daily’ podcast that the Blues may make a late move to sign Lille striker Jonathan David, but they need the funds to come in first.

David has been a long-term target of Chelsea as a potential striker to come in and bolster their firepower up top.

When he was wanted by the club a year ago, it was manager at the time Graham Potter who was intrigued by a deal.

However, it soon emerged that the Canada international didn’t actually know who the boss was, potentially throwing a big spanner into the works.

Now though, Edwards has claimed the deal could still be on the table providing that one thing happens beforehand.

Chelsea could sign David this week

He said: “Chelsea not signing a striker this month is one of my big surprises. If you had asked me for my predictions of what would happen this month when we started, I would have thought Chelsea signing a striker would be one of them, Newcastle signing a midfielder and Arsenal signing a striker.

“But none of these things have happened. Chelsea are still trying to sell Broja to someone, Fulham are sniffing around. They are vaguely tempted. They might have had a bid turned down over the weekend. They may have a need for a centre-forward. I could not imagine Fulham would be daft enough to spend £50 or £60 million on Broja.

“But they are desperately trying to offload someone. This is the story of this week. I think the next few days could be pretty dramatic actually. Everyone is trying to sell players to buy. If Chelsea can persuade Fulham to give them money for Broja, that would free them up to do something like this [Jonathan] David deal.

“He would fit the age profile, he’s not had a particularly good season this year, but he has a good record at Lille. He would cost around £51 million and is only 23. We have seen this with Chelsea, they are trying to build this young team, and it’s probably the first sign of a bit of sense coming in. Whether they can get David this month I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t rule it out entirely.”

Despite there being just a few days left of the transfer window, it has been claimed that a move for Broja is not off the table this week.

Fulham in particular are linked with a move for him, after reportedly just having a bid rejected for his services.