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First player Todd Boehly wants to sign for Chelsea
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Todd Boehly, Chelsea&#8217;s new owner, has revealed the first player he wants to sign for the club.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chelsea intends to make Barcelona star Ousmane Dembele their first signing under Boehly, according to Mundo Deportivo.</span> <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-25915" src="https://thedailypage.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/FotoJet-2022-05-30T032701.002-300x300.jpg" alt="First player Todd Boehly wants to sign for Chelsea" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dembele&#8217;s contract with Barcelona expires next month, and he has a slew of suitors, including Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester United.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Barcelona still has a slim chance of agreeing to a new contract with Dembele, but their dire financial situation makes that unlikely, and Chelsea is now in a position to seize the opportunity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dembele was on the verge of leaving Barcelona in January before a dramatic late U-turn, and he played a key role in his team&#8217;s improvement under manager Xavi, which helped them qualify for the Champions League.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Blues are ready to do business again, with Boehly&#8217;s £4.25 billion takeover set to complete on Monday, after operating under a special licence granted by the UK Government since previous owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned in March.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is keen to strengthen in a number of areas this summer, but uncertainty over the futures of Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, and Christian Pulisic means attacking reinforcements are top of the priority list.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tuchel worked with Dembele at Borussia Dortmund.</span></p>