Chelsea are making a push to steal away the top CB Barcelona beat them to
Chelsea have been trying to assemble a quality back line, and they've invested a lot in promising young center backs around European football over the last few years.
Most of those signings haven't worked out. Aside from Levi Colwill, Chelsea haven't found a true building block at the center back position. Wesley Fofana is injured too frequently to rely on, Benoit Badiashile has been highly inconsistent, and Axel Disasi is currently loaned out to Aston Villa after failing to seal a spot.
Originally, the center back Chelsea wanted more than anyone else was Jules Kounde back in 2022, but despite the Blues' best efforts, they lost out on the world-class LaLiga youngster at Sevilla to one of the country's two biggest clubs, Barcelona, for just 50 million euros (10 million less than his m...