Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed that CHELSEA are still looking to add a striker to the squad this summer.
The club have already completed deals to sign Nicolas Jackson from Villarreal and Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig, but appear thin on the ground at present as they dont have a proven striker to lead the attack.
There is still plenty of time left in the transfer window to add a few more signings – and now Pochettino has opened up and revealed that the board are looking into adding another attacker to the side.
WHAT HAS BEEN SAID –
Speaking to talkSPORT, Pochettino said: “It is a difficult situation because we had two strikers in Nkunku and Broja but they are injured.
“It is not easy in this moment to find the right profile. We are in the process, working to see if we can add some players in this area.
“But it is a job that is not easy for the club. For sure, they are working really hard to add some players.
“If it is not possible, we need to wait until Nkunku and Broja will be ready and we have the help of Mason [Burstow].
“I don’t think the problem is that we need another striker. The chances that we created, we need to be more clinical.
“It is not only the strikers that need to be clinical in front of goal.”
Meanwhile –Graeme Souness has slammed Todd Boehly’s transfer strategy at the club.
Writing in his Daily Mail column, Souness said: “I can’t help but think that when Todd Boehly arrived at CHELSEA, all the club’s football knowledge walked out the door. He’s paid way over the odds by buying players on the basis that they were being linked with other big clubs.
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“Look at the pattern. It started when he shelled out £60m for Marc Cucurella because Manchester City wanted him. He continued when he paid out £105m for Enzo Fernandez because he was linked to Real Madrid and City.
“And now he’s paid a combined £173m for Caicedo a 21-year-old midfielder with one year’s experience of the Premier League at Brighton, and Romeo Lavia, a 19-year-old with a year at Southampton, because they were both linked with Liverpool. The same question applies now as on the day when Boehly announced himself as Chelsea’s sporting director: Who’s he listening to?”
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