Chelsea transfer news: Reece James drops Kylian Mbappe hint as £172m medical completed

All the latest Chelsea transfer news after Reece James drops a major Kylian Mbappe hint with updates on N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic

Your Chelsea transfer round-up on Thursday, June 8.

James drops Mbappe hint

Chelsea could look to pull off an outrageous transfer swoop this summer for Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe with two possible secret weapons they can use to sign him.

A transfer to Chelsea for a footballing superstar is one of Todd Boehly's dream amid more links that Neymar will move to west London. However, it could be a different PSG attacker that joins Chelsea in the coming windows after his relationship with a Blues man was made clear.

Taking to Instagram Reece James posted a picture of himself with Mbappe captioning the story, "*lightning bolt emoji* X *flexed arm emoji* @K.Mbappe". The duo were both at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Barcelona over the weekend with Neymar, Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount also spotted on the grid.

Kante medical complete

One of the first transfers of the Mauricio Pochettino era looks set to be an outgoing deal with N'Golo Kante agreeing to join Saudi Arabian outfit Al Ittihad.

The Blues must now likely face the upcoming campaign without their engine room operator as Kante completed his Al Ittihad medical earlier this afternoon in London, as per Fabrizio Romano. The move is yet to be completely finalised, although it is just a few final documents away from being announced.

Kovacic exit admission

Mateo Kovacic has dropped a major hint that he will leave Chelsea this summer. The Croatian has been an integral figure of the Blues midfield for the last five years but is one of many who may depart Stamford Bridge ahead of the 2023/24 season.

"Everything is going towards the fact that after 5 good years, I will change the center, but in football anything can happen. Right now, I’m focused on Croatia and the League of Nations."