Chelsea Transfer News and Rumors: Chelsea Prepared to Offload Trio to Raise Funds for Monstrous Paul Pogba Bid

By Soham Samaddar - 07 Apr '16 07:00AM

Chelsea are going to go on a massive overhaul of the squad of the squad under new full time manager Antonio Conte and one of his first moves is going to be that for his former Juventus prodigy Paul Pogba if reports by Sports Mediaset are to be believed. However, the signature of the Juventus midfielder, who used to be a youth player at Manchester United, is not going to come cheap and in order to finance the move Conte is prepared to sacrifice three Chelsea stars so that the amount of money needed to test Juventus' resolve is raise internally.

Conte, who was instrumental is turning Pogba into the midfield powerhouse at Juventus is determined to bring his protege to Stamford Bridge when he takes charge of the club after the European Championships and he is prepared to sell midfielder Oscra, Jon Obi Mikel and winger Willian in order to finance the move. Juventus has put a price tag of £80 million on their key midfielder and Chelsea feel that they would need to raise the funds internally in order to comply with the UEFA Financial Fair Play rules, which is why they are now considering the sale of three of their players so that a part or whole of the transfer can be paid. Pogba rose in stature as one of the best midfielders in Europe during Conte's reigh as Juventus manager and the newly appointed Chelsea manager wants the player to be one of his first purchases at Stamford Bridge as he goes on a massive overhaul of the squad that had endured a torrid season in 2015-16.

Jon Obi Mikel has not been a regular for Chelsea for quite some time, while Oscar has played far more regularly towards the latter part of the season however Willian has been one of the few bright sparks in an eminently forgettable 2015-16 season for the West London. Willian has won some games on his own and has been a constant menace down the right win in a season in which last year's player of the year Eden Hazard has failed find the back of the net.