Chelsea man was ‘looking’ to leave over the summer as defender emerges on radar

Chelsea will be hoping new boss Graham Potter can lead them to success this season.

The Blues have decided to replace Thomas Tuchel with the former Ostersunds, Swansea City and Brighton and Hove Albion man.

Potter, 47, guided the latter to a 9th place finish in the Premier League last term.

Here is a look at the latest news and rumours coming out of Stamford Bridge...

Defender back on radar?

Chelsea will reportedly reignite their pursuit of RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol.

They apparently had a bid rejected for the Bundesliga man on deadline day.

According to reporter Fabrizio Romano, the London outfit are ‘still there’ and could rekindle their interest in him in the January transfer window.

Player looked at leaving over the summer

Trevoh Chalobah is said to have considered leaving the club over the summer.

The 23-year-old fell out of favour under ex-manager Tuchel but ended up staying beyond the transfer deadline.

As detailed in a report by Football London, he was ‘looking’ to leave at one point in the last window and attracted plenty of interest before ultimately staying put.

Scouts eyed Manchester United new boy

Chelsea watched Manchester United new signing Antony when he played for Sao Paulo.

The Brazilian ended up signing for Ajax and now finds himself at Old Trafford.

The Blues’ scout Pete De Visser has revealed he was on his radar, as per Voetbal Nieuws: “Together with Hans van der Zee [former Ajax head scout] we saw him for the first time at Brazil’s youth ranks and we were both charmed by him.

“That was a few years ago, just before he went to Ajax. I thought he had to make an intermediate step and then Hans suggested Ajax. And then we would take him right from Ajax.

“We couldn’t get him, I would have wanted him. He’s a boy with poison in his backside. He sometimes crosses the line, but he comes from the favela, doesn’t he?”