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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has prioritised signing a centre-back this summer, with Jules Kounde Chelsea’s top target, and has decided Kurt Zouma should be moved on. Tuchel identified centre-back as a problem position for the club after arriving at Stamford Bridge and the club drew up a shortlist of players to sign. That included Ibrahima Konate – who has joined Liverpool, Niklas Sule and Jose Gimenez but Kounde is the man they are pushing to sign. The France international, 22, is viewed as a player with great potential and would join Thiago Silva, Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Cesar Azpilicueta, Reece James and Zouma as Chelsea stars who can play in a back-three. As per  The Athletic , Zouma’s future is far from certain. While he has proven himself in the air at both ends of the pitch, there are concerns over his ability to play out from the back. Tuchel has increasingly left Zouma out of the starting XI since his arrival and the club are now ushering him out...

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Abba Kyari is an enigma. A detective who craves the limelight. A replica of James Bond with the guns and guts, but without the women and drinks, perhaps. Someone said Abba would have solved Funso Williams and Bola Ige. When a hard nut falls on our head, we look to Abba Kyari and his team to crack it. I must confess, after solving the billionaire kidnapper Evans and helping to diagnose the Unknown Gunmen in the southeast, I will remain eternally grateful to Abba Kyari. My soul weeps. These are not great times for the super cop. A certain Ramon Abbas, alias HushPuppi, who lived more flamboyantly than any Saudi Sheikh while fleecing businesses and persons of hundreds of millions dollars in wire fraud, has been spilling the beans. Now singing like a canary and rolling on the floor for the FBI, hoping for leniency in a plea bargain, Hushpuppi has roped in the great Abba Kyari. Well, the noose on Abba Kyari’s professional neck could be the ...

Erling Haaland  says he ‘hopes’  Chelsea  are not planning a £150 million bid to sign him this summer. Chelsea have made the Borussia Dortmund striker one of their top targets for the summer window with  Thomas Tuchel  keen for the club to recruit a new forward. It’s also understood that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich  is personally driving the club’s push to bring Haaland to Stamford Bridge . However, any deal for Haaland is likely to cost Chelsea at least £150m this summer, while Dortmund are adamant that the 21-year-old will remain with them for at least another season. When asked about his with a move to Chelsea at Dortmund’s training camp in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, Haaland told reporters: ‘I haven’t spoken with my agent in a month. You might have the answer. ‘I am a normal person. That’s a lot of money for one person. I hope there is nothing in it.’ Erling Haaland has scored 57 goals in 59 appearances for Borussia Dortmund (AFP via Getty) S...