Falk: Bayern want two Chelsea players – not including Christopher Nkunku | OneFootball

Chelsea are through the Club World Cup and now their summer can get into gear in terms of sales.

The Blues have a lot of bodies to shift, as they did last year, and the good news is that some of them have proper interest.

Today’s exclusive from Christian Falk claims that Bayern Munich have eyes on two Blue defenders – and that’s op top of attacker Christopher Nkunku, who they are also interested in.

One of the two is very much up for sale, the other less so.

Gusto and Veiga wanted by German giants

Renato Veiga in action for Juventus. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

Malo Gusto has had a funny stretch at Chelsea so far – he was largely really impressive under Mauricio Pochettino but has suffered playing inverted under Enzo Maresca. However he was superb against PSG in the Club World Cup final, a reminder of what he can do. Despite some bad times, it feels like he’s an important part of Maresca’s plans and would only be sold for a pretty penny.

Renato Veiga is much more available. He was loaned out in January at his request, and is surely a prime candidate to be cashed in on this summer as he looks for more first team football to cement his place in the Portugal squad ahead of the World Cup next year.

Bayern must sell before buying – Chelsea could be left waiting a while

Falk writes that Bayern’s interest in the pair would be conditional on them selling players.

“They like Malo Gusto… and have an eye on Renato Veiga. However in both cases, they have to sell players first.”

That means we could be waiting a while for the interest to develop into anything serious – not ideal given we want things to move quickly this summer so we can get on with our own squad changes.