Chelsea target Southampton's Kyle Walker-Peters in £35m deal

STRENGTH IN DEPTH: Kyle Walker-Peters would add to Chelsea defensive rebuild.

Chelsea are interested in signing Southampton’s Kyle Walker-Peters, with Thomas Tuchel looking to bring in a right-sided defender to compete with Reece James.

The club continued to strengthen on Tuesday when they agreed a deal to sign the 18-year-old Carney Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa, with the £20m (€23.9m) rated England U19 international given permission to travel to London to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical, and Tuchel is also pursuing several targets as part of a defensive rebuild.