The Blues are close to completing a shock deal for the Reading defender.
Chelsea has agreed a 4 million pound ($6.1M) deal for Reading defender Michael Hector.
Hector’s representatives are currently discussing personal terms in west London ahead of a shock deadline day move to the Premier League champions.
The center back, 23, is set to join on the same day that the Blues completed a deal for Nantes defender Papy Djilobodji.
It brings in to question Chelsea’s transfer strategy this summer after the club's failed attempts to sign top target John Stones from Everton despite being prepared to bid £40 million for the England international.