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So not even the transfer window closing could stop Chelsea's new owners from shopping on yesterday's pod.

We revealed that R.B. Leipzig's Christopher and Kunku has signed a pre-contract

agreement to join Chelsea next season. Today we take a closer look at the player they'll be getting. and Goodeoo with a Henry Charles, which he takes for three.

The young French player who has had a starring role here tonight.

Has actually signed, as we understand it, a pre-contract agreement to join Chelsea.

And now the defence is sliced up and it's a cuckoo of cuckoo to

open the scoring for Leipzig.

You might say that Chelsea have been a bit of a graveyard for talent in recent years.

We haven't really seen players necessarily developed that much.

I think a lot of it has to do with the instability.

Our German football expert Raffal Honechstein and Chelsea correspondently

and Tumir here as we explore what and Kunku would bring to the bridge the

knock on effect of his arrival and if his impact coming from the Bundesliga will be more Erling Harland or

Timo Verna. I'm Mark Chapman this is the Athletic Football Podcast. Well Raff you've been watching and Kunk who develop in the Bundesliga he is still

only 24 years old. How big a talent are we talking about here right now?

Amazing talent. I think he's gone beyond the talent bracket and into a real

fantastic player. Best play in the Bun Aires not named Erling Harland and Robert

Devandofsky the last couple of years. Hugely versatile can play in a number of

positions. The one caveat I would add is that I don't think he can lead the line. I don't think that's his best position. I think he's better coming off from a wide area or from the number 10 position.

So as good assigning as he will be, I think for Chelsea, if this does go through I still think there needs

somebody else alongside him to bring out the best of him. Okay so is he better in a

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