Chelsea transfer rumours: Kounde coup to spark Boehly revolution

Wrapping up the Chelsea transfer news, rumours and gossip in the 2022 summer window.

Chelsea are waiting for Todd Boehly's takeover of the club to be finalised before they can once again operate in the transfer market.

Chelsea's sale has teetered on the brink of completion, with the Government close to issuing the new licence to sign off on Boehly's £4.25billion takeover.

Government chiefs had hoped to wrap up the Stamford Bridge club takeover on Tuesday night, but the US magnate's purchase should still have time to go through in the coming days.

The Premier League confirmed Boehly and his consortium partners have passed the organisation's owners' and directors' tests and that just leaves Government ratification as the final takeover step.

"We now believe everyone will be ready to issue the necessary licences," said a Government source.

"The last remaining hurdle boils down to a number of final technical details that are being discussed with the club."

Thomas Tuchel will be given as much as £200m to spend on players this summer by Chelsea's new owners (The Times, May 25)

Jules Kounde and Josko Gvardiol - Chelsea have drawn up an eight-man list of defenders, including Sevilla's Kounde and RB Leipzig's Gvardiol, in a bid to move as quickly as possible to solve the club's centre-back crisis once the Todd Boehly-led takeover goes through (Daily Telegraph, May 25)

Ivan Perisic - Tottenham, Chelsea and Juventus are interested in signing Perisic but Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi hopes the winger shuns transfer interest and stays on at Inter (Daily Mail, May 22).

Jules Kounde - The Sevilla defender is stepping up his efforts to become part of Todd Boehly's revolution at Chelsea and will be ready to step straight into a