Transfer Deal: Chelsea could splash £54million for this Thiago Silva’s successor

Chelsea could be making a new transfer in the January transfer window as a recent report has linked the Blues with moves to sign Sebastian Walukiewicz as the successor to Thiago Silva.

Recall that Chelsea signed Silva on free transfer in the summer window, he has however gone ahead to become one of their key players at the defence and also formed a perfect combination with Kurt Zouma to strengthen the Blues defence.

Chelsea are however preparing ahead of the departure of the 35-year-old from their squad and may have found the player to takeover from him when he leaves.

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According to Italian publication Corriere dello Sport via the Mirror reports, Chelsea have joined the likes of Man Utd, Liverpool and Real Madrid who also have eyes on the 20-year-old.

To convince Cagliari to let him leave in January, Chelsea will have to offer a transfer bid worth £54 million.

Chelsea are in need of a new defender and could go ahead to submit a transfer deal in January as they could use funds gotten from the sale of Antonio Rudiger to fund the transfer.

Rudiger has been linked with moves to Barcelona among others as he hopes to leave Stamford Bridge in January for more game time elsewhere.