Chelsea transfer blow compounds chaotic week with Thomas Tuchel facing potential crisis

Pep Guardiola previews Man UTD clash

Conor McGregor talks Jake Paul, sparring return and UFC title aspirations

Roman Abramovich: His tenure at Chelsea in numbers

Premier League title race: Man City on course to defend title

Abramovich makes ‘incredibly difficult decision’ to sell Chelsea

Khan and Brook face off ahead of grudge match

Ancelotti and Pochettino hail Mbappe after Champions League winner

Arteta on Arsenal's top four ambitions after Wolves win

Manchester United v Watford: Pictures

Chelsea look set to miss out on signing Paris Saint-Germain captain Marquinhos, with the Brazilian revealing he is in talks over a new deal.

The Blues have a desperate need for defensive reinforcements ahead of what could be a potential exodus at the end of the season.

Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen are both out of contract at the end of the season, with growing concern that both could leave at the end of the season.

Thiago Silva has signed on until the end of the 2023/34 season and Chelsea had hoped to reunite him with his former teammate Marquinhos.

The two have played together more than 200 times at both PSG and with the Brazilian national team, winning a litany of major honours.

Reports claimed that Chelsea had a £72million bid for Marquinhos rejected during the summer window, with hopes that interest could be rekindled at the end of the season.

But the 27-year-old now looks set to stay at the Parc des Princes beyond his current arrangement, claiming his future lies in the French capital.

“There are discussions, I hope things will move along quickly,” he told RMC Sport. “My future is PSG. Leonardo knows my desire, as do the club – they know what I want. I have it calmly in my head that my place is here.

“The club has