Chelsea linked with risky move for PSG’s €80m flop in January | OneFootball

With just “two sleeps” to go until the January transfer market opens, we’ve just had our first sniff of a really fresh rumour from a solid source.

Santi Aouna of Footmercato is reporting that Chelsea have made contact with PSG over a potential move for out of favour striker Randal Kolo Muani next month.

His report says that a lack of playing time in Paris could mean the France international wants a move, and Chelsea could offer him that escape. There are a number of teams interested in taking the out of favour striker on – Juventus, Monaco, Man U, and AC Milan are among the sides reported to have already sounded out PSG about a move in January.

The Blues were linked with Kolo Muani before his PSG move, with the same sporting directors in place.

Chelsea’s striker situation remains difficult to sort out

Randal Kolo Muani playing for France.

Chelsea’s striker situation remains a bit of a head scratcher. On the one hand, Nicolas Jackson is doing really well, and looks to have developed into one of the league’s top strikers already – with plenty of room still to grow.

That has likely ruled out any move for a superstar to play in the team ahead of him. But we’ve seen him slow down a littl ein recent games, and there’s no doubt he could use a backup trusted more than Marc Guiu. Could Kolo Muani be that man? Would he be happy to be our B team striker? Is he even good enough to be our B team striker? He’s certainly not popular or highly rated in Paris.

If it’s a loan, we can see it happening. But a permanent deal would seem like a mistake, given we only really want to move for players who are a definite upgrade on what we already have.