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title: "Insider shares update on “priority” duo who are “likely transfers”"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Samuel Slaney"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2022-11-30T07:12:00Z"
modified: "2022-11-30T07:12:00Z"
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# Insider shares update on “priority” duo who are “likely transfers”

Chelsea are likely to sign both Christopher Nkunku and Arsen Zakharyan ahead of next season.

**What’s the word?**

That is according to transfer insider [Dean Jones](https://www.givemesport.com/88088240-chelsea-nkunku-zakharyan-potter-transfer-news), who expects both players to finalise deals to move to Stamford Bridge.

Speaking to [GIVEMESPORT](https://www.givemesport.com/88088240-chelsea-nkunku-zakharyan-potter-transfer-news), Jones said: *“What we know is the Nkunku deal is being pushed through, there’s also the deal for Zakharyan that is being viewed as a priority. So those two are good and likely transfers that will happen, anything else I think is going to probably rely on some players moving out first.”*

**Much-needed**

Quite frankly, both players are needed at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea currently rank as the [seventh-lowest](https://www.fotmob.com/leagues/47/stats/season/17664/teams/goals_team_match/team/8455/chelsea-teams) scoring team in the Premier League, having managed just [17 goals](https://www.fotmob.com/leagues/47/stats/season/17664/teams/goals_team_match/team/8455/chelsea-teams) this season.

To put that into perspective, Nkunku has [scored that total on his own](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/christopher-nkunku/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/344381/plus/1?saison=2022&verein=23826&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) in all competitions so far this season for RB Leipzig, so the evidence behind his potential impact at the club essentially writes itself.

A prospective signing that not many may have heard of, though, is Dynamo Moscow star Zakharyan.

Leading the assists charts for the Russian outfit, the 19-year-old has asserted himself as Dynamo’s most creative asset, pulling the strings in midfield with an average of [33.3 accurate passes per 90](https://www.fotmob.com/teams/9763/stats/dinamo-moscow/players) and tuning in creatively with [43 chances created](https://www.fotmob.com/teams/9763/stats/dinamo-moscow/players).

For additional context, Chelsea’s top creator this season has been Raheem Sterling, who has created [18 chances](https://www.fotmob.com/teams/8455/stats/chelsea/players) for the Blues so far.

That total is 25 less than the 19-year-old Russia international, so like Nkunku, his possible arrival appears much-needed to help reinvigorate this stale Chelsea side.

Both prospectove coups have the potential to be game-changing for Graham Potter’s squad.