Zouma exit to make room for new defender arrival at Chelsea this summer?

Chelsea could sell Kurt Zouma this summer in order to make space for a new centre-back, according to reports.

The transfer window is officially open and there is alot of speculation in the media about the kind of players that Frank Lampard will be looking to sign over the next few months, with a couple of new defenders on the agenda.

Declan Rice, Brighton captain Lewis Dunk and Burnley defender James Tarkowski have both been linked with the club, while we were also credited with interest in Jose Gimenez, the world class Athletic Madrid star

With this in mind, Matt Law of The Telegraph suggests Zouma is the most likely to be sold before any new signing can be welcomed to west London.

Speaking on the London is Blue podcast, Law said: “You have to judge the list [of four centre-backs] by who is the most realistic one they could actually sell.

“I think you’d have a tough time selling [Antonio] Rudiger because of his injury problems.

“To get him through a medical [examination] and convince a club to spend the kind of money Chelsea are valuing him at, for a player with his knee injury record, would be tough.

“That’s why I’d put him at the bottom of the list, not because of talent, but because he’d be the toughest to sell.”

he added: “I think Zouma is top of the list in terms of who you could sell,” said Law.

“[Andreas] Christensen is a difficult one to value because I think Chelsea know that he is potentially a very, very valuable centre-back.

“Were they to sell him to a Spanish club, for instance, you could find within two years that Christensen could be worth about £70million and one of the Spanish club’s best central defender because he would suit that style of football.

“Chelsea are very reluctant to sell him because I think they fear he could be another [Kevin] de Bruyne, should he go overseas and blossom and get his confidence.”

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