Chelsea plan on reinforcing their midfield and defense during the January transfer window using their £60 million windfall from Oscar's move to Shanghai SIPG.

Antonio Conte accompanied the Chelsea technical director, Michael Emenalo, to France this month to watch Monaco’s Tiemoue Bakayoko and Djibril Sidibe in the Champions League against Tottenham Hotspur.

Fenerbahce’s Simon Kjaer and the Roma pair Antonio Rüdiger and Radja Nainggolan have been heavily scouted. Another player of interest to Chelsea, Leonardo Bonucci, has signed a contract extension at Juventus.