Tuchel 'asks Chelsea to sign a new striker in January'

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has reportedly asked the club's hierarchy to target a new striker during the January transfer window.

The Blues spent a club-record £97.5m to re-sign Romelu Lukaku over the summer, and the Belgium international has scored four times in 11 appearances for the capital outfit since his return.

Lukaku is currently on the sidelines with an ankle problem, though, and according to transfer expert Ian McGarry, Tuchel is wary of relying too heavily on the centre-forward for goals.

As a result, the Chelsea manager has allegedly instructed the club's board to move for a new attacker when the winter transfer window opens for business.

"It is our information that he [Tuchel] . . .