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Chelsea transfer news LIVE: Declan Rice and Edouard Mendy latest, N’golo Kante and Olivier Giroud exit rumours plus Premier League updates

West Ham midfielder Declan Rice (West Ham United FC via Getty Images)
West Ham midfielder Declan Rice (West Ham United FC via Getty Images)

Chelsea have spent more than £200million on new recruits in the busiest summer of any Premier League club.

Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz and Leicester City’s Ben Chilwell joined Hakim Ziyech of Ajax and Timo Werner of RB Leipzig while defenders Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr arrived on free transfers from Ligue 1.

Frank Lampard isn’t stopping there though with more new faces likely before the window closes next month. West Ham’s Declan Rice is his No 1 target with a swap deal involving Ross Barkley possible. Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is set to arrive from Rennes imminently in a move that could see one of Kepa Arrizabalaga or Willy Caballero leave. There could be other exits too with midfielder N’golo Kante being chased by Inter Milan and Juventus interested in striker Olivier Giroud. We’ll have all the latest throughout the day: