Breaking news: Thomas Tuchel names 4 chelsea players who are leaving after last game against leceister as rudiger and other are there 7 players leaving .

 Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has 

confessed that the club will be losing 

Andreas Christensen, amid rumors that

 the defender is set to join Barcelona.

The Denmark international has been at 

the Blues since 2013. However, with his 

contract expiring this summer, it appears

 as though the 26-year-old has played 

his final game for the club.

Christensen has made 32 Chelsea appearances

 this season although he has suffered 

a sharp decline in form in recent weeks. 

His recent start against Leeds United 

in the Blues' most recent Premier League

 game was his first top-flight appearance

 in six games.

Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano 

reports that Tuchel has confirmed that 

the defender will be leaving Stamford 

Bridge this summer to join Barcelona. 

Romano also claimed that the deal to 

bring Christensen to the Camp Nou was 

agreed to 'weeks ago', with AC Milan 

midfielder Frank Kessie also moving 

to Catalonia on a free transfer.

The move represents another blow for 

the Blues, as Antonio Rudiger is already

 confirmed to be joining Real Madrid 

when his current deal expires in June.

Andreas Christensen reportedly

 refuses to play for Chelsea during

 FA Cup final defeat to Liverpool

Tuchel's side faced defeat in the FA Cup 

final on Saturday (May 14) in a near carbon

 copy of the League Cup final that took 

place in February. The Blues also lost 

on penalties to the Reds following an 

entertaining goalless draw on that

 occasion.

The result meant Chelsea have now 

lost three consecutive FA Cup finals. 

However, reports have since emerged 

that their defensive options were limited

 due to the position that Christensen 

took before the game.

Christensen was a surprise absentee 

for the Wembley clash. According to 

The Guardian, the defender made himself

 unavailable for the game just hours 

before kickoff.

The 26-year-old was not injured, 

although he is understood to have told 

Tuchel that he was not feeling well 

enough to play  despite playing the full

 90 minutes against Leeds just three days

 prior.

The report claims that members of the 

Chelsea squad were left shocked when 

the Denmark international left the team 

hotel. Christensen would almost certainly

 have been a substitute for the encounter

. However, he could have replaced 

Thiago Silva after the 37-year-old 

picked up an early injury.

Silva managed to soldier on until the 

penalty shootout but Tuchel did not 

mention Christensen's name before or 

after the defeat to Jurgen Klopp's 

side on Saturday.