Confirmed: Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel ‘highly interested’ in exciting star – 34 goals & 20 assists,as new owner names him as his first signing,as he breaks bank for star man .

 Chelsea have emerged as an option

 for RB Leipzig star Christopher Nkunku 

in the summer window.

The forward has been in stellar form 

for the Bundesliga side, managing 34 

goals and 20 assists in all competitions, 

out of which 11 goals and two assists 

came from 11 European matches.

Chelsea had been credited with an 

interest in the France international’s club

 teammate, Joško Gvardiol.

Sky Deutschland journalist Florian 

Plettenberg took to Twitter to state the Blues

 are also keen on the 24-year-old attacker

. According to the journalist, Thomas 

Tuchel is ‘highly interested’ in the former

 Paris Saint-Germain man.

The player’s current deal runs down 

in 2024 and does not include any release 

clause. The German club, for their part, 

have no intention to sell their prized asset

 in the summer and have offered him 

a new contract.

Apart from Chelsea, Plettenberg states 

Manchester United are also ‘interested

’ in Nkunku.

Claims made by Plettenberg regarding 

Chelsea interest in the Frenchman are 

backed up by Foot Mercato journalist 

Santi Aouna. He states they’ve had 

Nkunku on their agenda ‘since October’ 2021.