Chelsea Football Club have reached out directly with Barcelona’s forward player, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The Blues are looking to sign a forward player that will serve as a replacement for Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner. The news was confirmed on the official Twitter account of transfer news expert, Fabrizio Romamo on Sunday, August 14th, 2022.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Chelsea are also looking at the possibility of signing Leicester City defender, Wesley Fofana as they want to strengthen their defence this new season. The manager of the club, Tuchel has confirmed in the past that the club need to sign new defenders to replace Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.

The London club are also looking at the possibility of signing Cesare Casadei from Inter Milan in the coming days.

Chelsea are in direct contact for Pierre Aubameyang and Wesley Fofana as priority deals, but still working on top talents for the future. New round of talks scheduled with Inter for Cesare Casadei next week. ???????? #CFC

Race still open but Chelsea want to try again with new bid.

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 14, 2022