Chelsea are monitoring three defenders in case they lose the transfer race to sign AFC Bournemouth star Dean Huijsen, according to reports. It was reported on Wednesday that Chelsea were in pole position to land the Cherries centre-back, who is thought to have a £50m release clause.

Louis: Please, can we just sign a goalkeeper and a centre-forward? I like Huijsen but we have Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Benoit Badiashile, and more on loan. A new centre-back is not what we need. Only if we offload one or two would I want us to sign Huijsen.

Chelsea are going to be busy in the summer transfer window, with the Blues set to recruit all over the field. Such an intense period of transfer activity calls for an extensive number of transfer options to ensure that each position can be filled,