Telegraph: Tuchel lacks manpower to play at four, the Blues are interested in Rice + Chuameni

Tiger Punch December 04 news The Daily Telegraph famous reporter Matt Law updated about the situation of West Ham midfielder Rice...

While Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinski has formally invested in West Ham, they have yet to negotiate a new contract extension with Rice. They know they will face a battle to keep the England international if they don't qualify for next season's Champions League.

This summer, the Telegraph first reported that Rice had rejected two new contract extensions as he waited to see if West Ham could make it into the Champions League and become a title contender for the cup. At the same time, unsurprisingly, West Ham's two offers were far from The £380,000 a weekly salary City gave Gralish.

Rice's contract is two and a half years away, and West Ham could opt for a trigger extension option for another year. The club are willing to make him the highest-paid player in history, but they also realise they can't give Rice and Glalish a similar weekly salary and can't guarantee rice leaving for around £100 million in the future.

West Ham have yet to receive an offer for Rice, but Lampard wanted to bring him back to Chelsea last summer, when Stamford Bridge was seen as the most likely place to bring in the England international, who was sacked by themselves at the age of 14.

Since then, Manchester City, Manchester United and, more recently, German clubs have all taken an interest in the 22-year-old, and he himself hopes to play abroad in the future.

Tuchel admires Rice's qualities, but the German has yet to meet him up close after the West Ham star missed a chelsea game at London Stadium last season with a knee injury. In addition, the Telegraph also mentioned Chelsea's loan of Gilmore and Gallach, whether the two youngsters will return next season will also affect the issue of reinforcements, because the Blues believe that both players have a future at the club.

Given that he was replaced at half-time in both Premier League starts, it's hard to imagine that The loan-out Saul would be bought out by Chelsea at the end of the season, but they have not confirmed their interest in Rice's signings.

The heart of Chelsea's plan also includes whether Tuchel will continue to use the three-back system, as well as the thorny issue of contract extensions for the club's centre-backs. The situation now is that Tuchel doesn't have enough manpower to switch back to the four-back system, so given this issue he may have some ideas for midfield signings. Rice isn't the only option for Chelsea, who are also interested in Monaco's Chuameini.