Chelsea transfer targets revealed as Thomas Tuchel tells Roman Abramovich he wants to build...

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Thomas Tuchel has told Roman Abramovich that he wants to build a Chelsea empire after earning a contract extension by winning the Champions League. Head coach Tuchel triggered an extension to his contract of at least two years, plus a significant pay rise to the £7million-a-year deal he signed when he succeeded Frank Lampard at the end of January, by leading Chelsea to victory over Manchester City in Porto. Having briefly spoken to him for the first time on Saturday night, Tuchel met with Chelsea owner Abramovich in Porto again on Sunday morning, before he and the squad flew back to England, for further talks that were described as being “positive”. Tuchel wants a new striker, with Chelsea already registering their interest in re-signing Romelu Lukaku, whose agent was inside the Estadio do Dragao, and in Harry Kane, despite the difficulty of trying to negotiate a deal with Tottenham Hotspur. A midfielder and at least one new defender are also on the German’s wish-list which includes a right-sided player who can offer Chelsea’s squad some greater balance. Adama Traore has emerged as a surprise target of Tuchel, who, despite being delighted with the form of Reece James, wants to add competition to the right side of defence and believes the Wolverhampton Wanderers star could offer an attacking threat at wing-back.

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