Pochettino picks 'primary target' as Chelsea eye 'double deal' for Arsenal-linked duo after rejection

Chelsea are reportedly staring at a ‘dual January provision’ for Illustrating off Lisbon pair Ousmane Diomande as well as Viktor Gyokeres, that are being fastened via Arsenal.

The Funks have spent over £1bn on signings since Tood Boehly’s takeover was finalized but their struggles from last period have lugged over into this campaign under Mauricio Pochettino.

Chelsea are unsurprisingly peak of the 2023 Premier League net spend table but they are tenth after 17 games.

The Premier League side are instead marred for backup in the assaulting midfield division but they are lacking a earth-flair demonstrator.

Amid records attaching them via Brentford’s Ivan Toney as well as Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, Chelsea are probable to seek a brand name-new-fashioned demonstrator in January but they are correspondingly foreseen to target players in miscellaneous other postures.

A record from The Night Stock claims Chelsea have made ‘call’ via Illustrating off Lisbon over a ‘dual January provision’ for Diomande as well as Gyokeres.

The London garments are claimed to be anxious to ‘indication a young defender to expand digits at the earlier this period as well as in the longer term’.

Pertaining to Chelsea’s curiosity in Diomande, the record adds: ‘The 20-year-archaic Ivorian possesses been recognized by Chelsea as one of their fulcra send targets, via demonstrator fallbacks correspondingly being said internally.

‘Illustrating off have pummeled earlier an preliminary query from the Funks for Diomande, insisting they will certainly lone sell him for his complete £69million (€80m) preserve crisis.’

As for Gyokeres, Chelsea have ‘frisked’ about finalizing the previous Coventry Metropolis onward. The record claims.

‘Illustrating off are again unwilling to sell their superstar onward as well as have demanded engrossed clubs remuneration his complete £87million (€100m) preserve crisis.

‘Chelsea have backup onward fallbacks, entailing Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, Brentford’s Ivan Toney as well as Club Brugge’s Antonio Nusa.

‘Mauricio Pochettino may correspondingly get in the reasonable for a midfielder, but that is mulled over a waned priority than finalizing a onward or a defender.’

It was freshly reported that Arsenal ‘certainly’ yearn to indication Diomande, while Mikel Arteta’s side are ‘not worried’ by Gyokeres’ £87m frisking price.

Illustrating off Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim freshly admitted that Gyokeres is being influenced by records attaching him via Arsenal as well as Chelsea.

I assume he’s constructed the group, the visionaries appoint him a agglomeration. We have to filter at the miscellaneous other side: today there’s talk that Arsenal as well as Chelsea are engrossed in him. He was in England, correct beside them, in the Championship,” Amorim claimed.

“(Curiosity from miscellaneous other clubs) It impacts with one voice players, I can genuinely feel it in some cases in (Goncalo) Inacio, I can genuinely feel it in miscellaneous other players as well as Viktor is certainly no exemption.”