Chelsea transfer rumours: Blues suffer transfer blow

Wrapping up the Chelsea transfer news, rumours and gossip in the 2022 January window. Who have Chelsea been linked with?

Chelsea and Manchester City have each been dealt a blow to their transfer plans after Real Madrid stepped up their efforts to land AS Monaco star Aurelien Tchouameni and teenage sensation Endrick (Daily Mirror, January 28); Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City will try to sign Endrick when he turns 16 in July (Sky Sports News, January 25).

Manchester United and Chelsea are on red alert after reports in Spain hinted that Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has turned down the offer of a new contract beyond 2023 (The Sun, January 27).

Defender Niklas Sule, who has been linked with Chelsea and Newcastle, has rejected a further contract offer from Bayern Munich and has opened talks with an "unnamed club" (The Sun, January 27)

Chelsea are eyeing up a move for Stuttgart full-back Borna Sosa. The Blues are looking at doing a deal that would bring the player to Stamford Bridge in the summer, with the 24-year-old said to be valued in the region of £25m (Sky Germany, January 24)

Chelsea are facing issues in their attempts to bring Emerson Palmieri back from Lyon. The Ligue 1 club have turned down a £3.35m offer from the Blues to cut short the loan of the Italian, with Thomas Tuchel said to be keen to strengthen his options at left-back following the injury to Ben Chilwell (Fabrizio Romano, January 24); Chelsea are now in talks with Lyon about bringing Emerson Palmieri back to Stamford Bridge to provide cover for the injured Ben Chilwell (Daily Mail, January 11)

Chelsea are to sign Derby left-back Dylan Williams (The Sun, January 22).

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