Fulham are interested in starting Trevoh Chalobah at center defense for Chelsea.

The 24-year-old has not played this season due to a hamstring ιnjury, but his west London rivals are considering a loan agreement.

By the month’s end, the defender should be ready to play again.Given that Chalobah is a homegrown player and contributes to the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play FFFP regulations, Chelsea would be open to selling him in order to acquire finances for a left back and a striker.

The starting lineup for Mauricio Pochettino’s Blues is Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Malo Gusto, and Levi Colwill.Other teams keeping tabs on the situation include Roma, Tottenham, and Bayern Munich.

Since his summer return to Stamford Bridge, Chalobah has made 63 appearances for Chelsea across all competitions. He had loan spells at Lorient in Ligue 1, Ipswich Town and Huddersfield in the Championship.Chelsea are prepared to trade Armando Broja for close to £50 million, and Fulham is one of the clubs keeping tabs on the situation.

Broja is a target for Wolves’ January transfer window pursuits as well.

As they look for late-game possibilities, Chelsea’s pursuit of a striker will determine a lot.

Chelsea ‘hold talks over Ousmane Diomande move’

After joining the Portuguese club in January of last year from FC Midtjylland, the 20-year-old has quickly become one of the most highly regarded young defenders in Europe.

Diomande has made 38 appearances in competitive play for Ruben Amorim’s squad and has contributed with three goals in his brief stint there.

The kid is drawing interest from clubs all around Europe, even though his contract with Sporting doesn’t expire until June 2027.

Several clubs are reportedly vying for the player’s signature, including Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Newcastle United.Chelsea and Arsenal scouts will be keeping an eye on Diomande while he plays for the Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations.

After the Sporting defender played 77 minutes in his nation’s 2-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau on Saturday, scouts from Newcastle are likely to keep tabs on him.

It has been reported by football.london that Chelsea has initiated transfer talks with Diomande’s current employers.

According to the source, last month the Premier League team contacted Sporting to inquire about the availability of the player.

If Sporting are serious about considering a deal of the player this month, they supposedly made it plain that the £69 million release clause must be activated.The Portuguese powerhouses are currently unwilling to consider bids below the release clause, but that could change come summer when they have more time to find suitable replacements.

Chelsea has a lot of choices in the middle of defense right now, but they’re always looking to add to that group, and they’ve seen a couple players go recently.

After a summer transfer to Bayern Munich fell through, academy product Trevoh Chalobah is reportedly still wаnted by other clubs, and Malang Sarr is apparently no longer needed by Chelsea.

Thiago Silva, another player whose contract is up at the end of the season, is another who could be going soon.

Nice center back Jean-Clair Todibo, former Nice defender Marc Guehi (now playing for Crystal Palace), and Diomande are all players the Blues are keeping tabs on.