Following the recent sale of England international defender Fikayo Tomori by Chelsea, the Blues have now started the hunt to sign a new defender in the summer transfer window as they look to bolster their defensive ranks before the new season starts in August. Tomori spent the past season on loan at Italian Serie A giants AC Milan and after successfully impressing the club's manager and owners, they decided to make his stay in Italy a permanent one. He cost the Rossoneri a sum of £28.5 million and he has been tipped to have a bright career in Italy.

It is expected to be a very busy yet interesting transfer window this summer with many clubs already preparing to make their moves when the transfer market officially opens. Clubs from the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, the German Bundesliga, the French Ligue 1, and the Spanish La Liga are all expected to pull heavy resources and try to sign their targets in the summer, and that alone will be very interesting to see.

Premier League club Chelsea have emerged as one of the clubs that will be heavily involved in the summer because while they will make some additions to the squad, they could also be letting go of some of their current players as well. According to the London Evening News, Chelsea will be letting go of the likes of Tammy Abraham, Olivier Giroud, Emerson Palmieri, Marcos Alonso, and other players who have not been mentioned yet.

English Premier League side Chelsea are slowly sailing toward a UEFA Champions League final and all that stands in their way right now is Real Madrid, the team that they will have to come against in one mode leg of the semi-final encounter. Chelsea have set a reputation for themselves as one of the best teams of the competition and even though no one saw it coming earlier in the season, they have now emerged as huge favorites to lift the title.

Much of the success they've enjoyed in Europe could well be as a result of the fact that they switched managers, with new manager Thomas Tuchel giving them a new identity since being appointed as the club's new boss.

Chelsea will now switch focus back on the Premier League as they travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace in a London derby fixture. In their last league fixture against West Bromwich Albion, the Blues suffered a humiliating and demoralizing defeat, losing the game by 5-2 at Stamford Bridge and marking Thomas Tuchel's first defeat since taking over from former manager Frank Lampard.

However, they seem to have banished the memory of that defeat as they ended up securing a 2-0 away victory against Portuguese side FC Porto away from home in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final fixture. A wonderful first-half strike by midfielder Mason Mount and a brilliant effort from Ben Chilwell to move past the keeper and slot home a fine finish gave the Blues a commanding 2-0 lead with two away goals to celebrate.

West London giants Chelsea have suffered an injury blow in the midfield area of their team following the news that midfielder Jorginho has picked up a knock ahead of the visit of struggling West Brom after the international break.

Jorginhowas called up by Roberto Martinez for the Italian national team ahead of the start of their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers but the player is now expected to sit out the games as a result of the injury as confirmed by the aforementioned Martinez. Ex-Manchester City and Inter Milan boss Martinez has been able to transform the Italian national team since he became the manager shortly after the country missed out on a place at the 2018 edition of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.

With the summer transfer window gradually coming closer and closer, we are starting to find out which players will be on the list of highly in-demand candidates that will most likely spark transfer tussle between bug European clubs in the summer. One of such players is Inter Milan right-back, Achraf Hakimi.

Hakimi is reportedly a target for several European heavyweights and has been attracting a lot of interest even before sealing his permanent move to Inter from Real Madrid just last summer. Despite only moving to Italy on a permanent basis just a few months ago, it is now looking likely that he will leave the club, with two London teams Chelsea and Arsenal aiming to sign him this summer.