Chelsea transfer news: Blues 'confident' over deal for £287k p/w star Tuchel knows well

Chelsea are confident that Barcelona attacker Ousmane Dembele will move to Stamford Bridge in the summer.

The 24-year-old was heavily linked with a deadline day move to the Blues, but nothing materialised in the end.

According to Sky Sports, Chelsea made a couple enquiries on deadline day to sign Dembele after his proposed transfer to Paris Saint-Germain broke down.

With his reported £287,000-a-week contract set to expire in the summer, Barcelona were desperate to sell him in the transfer window that has just gone.

On the Frenchman, Barcelona's director of football Mateu Alemany said: "He and his agents have been told that he must leave immediately, because we want players committed to this project, and therefore we expect a transfer before January 31."

Dembele is now set to see out the rest of his contract at the Camp Nou before moving on a free transfer in the summer.

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In terms of potential destinations, Jones has told GIVEMESPORT that Chelsea will be back in the frame at the end of the season and are confident that they can get something done.

Speaking to GMS, the football journalist said: "From everything I've heard, Chelsea are keen on the deal and it sounds to me like they're pretty confident that he will join in the summer.

"If I was to have a bet on it, I would say that Dembele in the summer is looking the most likely to move to Chelsea."

Chelsea already have a lot of attackers, Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic to name a few. But if one of them were to move on, with Pulisic admitting he has found it "tough" at Stamford Bridge this season, then a move for Dembele would make sense.

Having once cost £135.5m following