Saturday's Chelsea transfer talk news roundup: Reece James, Claude Makelele, Gary Cahill

Here, Sports Mole rounds up the latest transfer talk for Chelsea on Saturday, August 3 ahead of the 2019-20 campaign.

By Andy Brent, Reporter | 03 August 2019

It is all change at Chelsea this summer with manager Maurizio Sarri and star player Eden Hazard having left Stamford Bridge, despite a third-placed Premier League finish and Europa League glory last season.

A FIFA-imposed transfer ban has made recruitment even more difficult for new boss Frank Lampard, but that has not stopped the Blues from being linked with players and here Sports Mole rounds up the latest news on possible comings and goings for the West Londoners.

Saturday morning's headlines:

Chelsea 'reject £25m Crystal Palace bid for Reece James'
Chelsea reportedly reject a bid worth £25m from Crystal Palace for young right-back Reece James. Read more.

Claude Makelele returns to Chelsea in mentor role
Former Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele returns to his former club as a Young Player Technical Mentor ahead of the 2019-20 campaign. Read more.

Crystal Palace 'join race to sign Gary Cahill'
Crystal Palace reportedly join Burnley and West Ham United in the race to sign Gary Cahill this summer. Read more.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	35	25	5	5	85	28	57	80
2	Manchester City Man City	34	24	7	3	82	32	50	79
3	Liverpool	35	22	9	4	77	36	41	75
4	Aston Villa	35	20	7	8	73	52	21	67
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	34	18	6	10	67	54	13	60
6	Manchester United Man Utd	34	16	6	12	52	51	1	54
7	Newcastle United Newcastle	34	16	5	13	74	55	19	53
8	Chelsea	34	14	9	11	65	59	6	51
9	West Ham United West Ham	35	13	10	12	56	65	-9	49
10	Bournemouth	35	13	9	13	52	60	-8	48
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	35	13	7	15	48	55	-7	46
12	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	34	11	11	12	52	57	-5	44
13	Fulham	35	12	7	16	51	55	-4	43
14	Crystal Palace	35	10	10	15	45	57	-12	40
15	Everton	36	12	9	15	38	49	-11	37
16	Brentford	35	9	8	18	52	60	-8	35
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	35	7	9	19	42	62	-20	26
18	Luton Town Luton	36	6	8	22	49	78	-29	26
19	Burnley	35	5	9	21	38	70	-32	24
R	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	35	3	7	25	34	97	-63	16