Chelsea look to be working on bringing in a new winger.
Last week, Chelsea strengthened their midfield and up front by signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Marc Guiu from Leicester City and Barcelona respectively.
The Blues now look to have turned their attention back to the winger position after missing out on Michael Olise.
They were interested in signing him before his move to Bayern Munich, but it has been claimed that both Olise and Chelsea got frustrated with each other when the club were pursuing a deal.
With Olise now at Bayern, Chelsea are looking at other wide options.
Chelsea in contact with winger’s entourage
While Olise will not be moving to Stamford Bridge this summer, another wide attacker still could.
Enzo Maresca has Mykhailo Mudryk and Raheem Sterling for the left-wing position, but Chelsea appear to be targeting another man for that flank.
According to TEAMtalk, the Blues are in contact with the entourage of Borussia Dortmund star Karim Adeyemi as they try to find out his wage demands.
In terms of his transfer fee, the same outlet claims that Dortmund will consider offers of around £25m for the 22-year-old.
Adeyemi is a name that Chelsea fans will be familiar with. The Germany international scored when his side and Chelsea met in the Champions League in the 2022/23 season.
Karim Adeyemi is the type of attacker Chelsea want
At 22, Adeyemi is exactly the same age as Olise.
It also happens to be the age that Cole Palmer and Noni Madueke are, while Mudryk is only a year older.
Ultimately, Adeyemi is the profile of attacker Chelsea tend to sign these days.
Adeyemi does not have the best numbers. Last season, he scored just three goals in 21 Bundesliga appearances.
However, the Dortmund player is young and there is time to develop him into a more productive attacker. That is the kind of wide man Chelsea have been targeting, so it would not be a shock to see Adeyemi move to west London.
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