Chelsea's defensive situation is an interesting one, with three centre-backs seeing their contracts at Stamford Bridge expire at the end of the season.
At the moment, defensive trio Thiago Silva, Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen all see their deals with the Blues expire when the season concludes, but the club are working on extending those contracts.
There seems to be quiet confidence that Silva and Christensen will extend their stays, but with Rudiger - it is different. Several recent reports suggest that Chelsea and the Germany international are still some way off meeting each other in negotiations and with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid said to be sniffing around, it looks more and more likely that the defender will leave the club at the end of the season.
Unless all three of these defenders do sign new contracts at Stamford Bridge, which does seem unlikely at this point, then Thomas Tuchel will be tasked with bringing one or two new centre-backs to west London.
The latest name to be linked is Leicester City star Wesley Fofana, who was fantastic for the Foxes last term in what was his debut season in the Premier League. However, the 20-year-old, who is valued at £36million on Transfer market, has not played a minute so far during this campaign after picking up a serious injury in pre-season.
Another man whose name refuses to go away is Sevilla and France defender Jules Kounde.
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