Chelsea: Boehly now wants 'world-class' £103m star at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea are more likely to sign Jude Bellingham than Moises Caicedo to solve their midfield issues, according to journalist Paul Brown.

The Blues may be forced to make major changes to their engine room under new manager Graham Potter and several interesting players have been linked with them as a result.

At present, Chelsea have the likes of Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic, Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Denis Zakaria to call upon in the middle of the park.

However, both Jorginho and Kante are in the twilight of their careers and have entered the final year of their current contracts, while Gallagher is yet to prove himself at this level and Zakaria is only on a season-long loan deal.

Addressing that area of the pitch may take priority for Potter next summer, therefore, and the young tactician has been tipped to raid his former club Brighton for Caicedo.

Yet The Athletic have also listed Chelsea among Bellingham’s potential suitors alongside Real Madrid, Liverpool and Manchester United, and Borussia Dortmund will surely be hoping a bidding war ensues between them.

A fee of £103 million is believed to be what the Bundesliga outfit are set to demand for the 19-year-old’s signature, who has just under three years remaining on his existing contract.

When asked if Bellingham and Declan Rice are more likely to be targeted by Chelsea than Caicedo, Brown stated that the former is particularly anticipated to be on their radar.

He said: “Yes, Bellingham particularly. I think pretty much all of the top English clubs want Jude Bellingham.

“His people have obviously made several clubs aware that he would be interested in coming to the Premier League.”

Bellingham was previously labelled “world-class” by Sky Sports