With the summer transfer window set to open very soon, clubs around the world are already working hard to make essential changes to their respective squads in readiness for the preseason activities before the main event kicks off.

Chelsea have been heavily linked with Barcelona's soon to be out-of-contract star winger Ousmane Dembélé.

Dembélé previously starred under current Blues manager Thomas Tuchel, scoring 10 goals and setting up 21 others in forty one outings across all competitions.

One factor remains a stumbling block, Dembele's salary demands. Being an upcoming free agent, a higher sign-on fee, wages and bonuses are in line for the Frenchman.

However, in the event that the Blues are unable to sign the flashy winger, allnigeriasoccer.com recommends that the Blues recruitment team should consider Nigeria's Samuel Chukwueze as an alternative.

Chukwueze is undoubtedly one of the most naturally gifted players in the current Super Eagles squad and definitely one of the most exciting young prospects in world football.

The Villarreal winger is also quite experienced at his age having won the Europa League and featured in the semifinal of the Champions League with his club under Spanish manager Unai Emery.

To make things simple, Chukwueze is a dream winger. He has most of the attributes needed to play at top clubs like pace, power, good ball-striking and incredible balance.

He is extremely quick and quite able to stretch the pitch wide just like Dembele. While Chukwueze needs to improve in his associative play, Thomas Tuchel is one of the best in the world at coaching it.

The Nigerian also has the smell for space. In modern football, the ability to smell where there is space is invaluable.

This enables wide playmaking and thankfully, Chukwueze does not lack in this regard.

Sofoluwe Mayowa

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