Thomas Tuchel given £84m Chelsea transfer shortlist as Man United find Erik ten Hag replacement -Report

Thomas Tuchel given £84m Chelsea transfer shortlist as Man United find Erik ten Hag replacement -Report

Signing a few well-known players could help Thomas Tuchel get off to a quick start at Manchester United.

Erik ten Hag is under a lot of pressure, and the former Chelsea manager has surfaced as a possible successor at Old Trafford.

The Manchester Evening News claims that Tuchel is a candidate for head coach vacancy that Man United have identified.

Manchester United reportedly considered firing Ten Hag in the summer and expressed interest in the German, who left Bayern Munich at the end of the previous campaign.

Rather, after winning the FA Cup final, the team exercised the option to extend the 54-year-old’s contract by one year.

As it stands, the former Ajax boss has a contract that keeps him at Old Trafford until June 2026.

So, with that being said, football.london has looked at what players Tuchel could sign from Chelsea if he were to replace Ten Hag at Manchester United.

Ben Chilwell – £18.5m
Chilwell has struggled to force himself into Enzo Maresca’s side, having failed to impress in recent outings. The 27-year-old left-back, who’s valued at £18.5m (€22m) by Transfermarkt, has featured just once for Chelsea this season, appearing off the bench in the Blues’ 5-0 win over Barrow in the Carabao Cup third round.

Benoit Badiashile – £25.1m
Badiashile enjoyed an excellent vein of form when he first joined Chelsea from Monaco in January 2023, helping the Blues keep three clean sheets in his first three Premier League games.

Then, at the end of the season, he suffered a hamstring injury before picking up a couple of groin issues the following campaign.

The 23-year-old centre-half, who’s valued at £25.1m (€30m) by Transfermarkt, ended last term as a key player in Mauricio Pochettino’s lineup.

But, since Maresca took over, Levi Colwill has been preferred alongside Wesley Fofana and the Cobham graduate hasn’t put a foot wrong.

Raheem Sterling – £29.3m
Sterling joined Arsenal on a season-long loan on deadline day in the summer. Despite arriving as a ‘marquee signing’ and topping the club’s wage bill, the 29-year-old winger failed to live up to expectations at Stamford Bridge, scoring just 14 goals in 59 appearances in the Premier League. Tuchel could use the England international, who’s valued at £29.3m (€35m) by Transfermarkt, in the same way he used Timo Werner.

Trevoh Chalobah – £10.9m
Chalobah also left Chelsea on a season-long loan in the summer, without including an option to buy in his contract. The 25-year-old defender, who’s valued at £10.9m (€13m) by Transfermarkt, was controversially omitted from the Blues squad before finally joining Crystal Palace.