Chelsea are very much still looking into signing a new centre back in one of the next two transfer windows, it could even accelerate for the January window.
We will have to wait and see on circumstances for that, but the situation is that the centre back area is highly likely to be upgraded again at Stamford Bridge very soon and if not in the winter window, it will be in the summer window.
There are plenty of names being looked into as always, and the shortlist will even be much longer than what I’ve got below. But here are just some of the key names on Chelsea’s centre back shortlist right now (in no particular order):
