Chelsea are considering £18.6m cost to land new forward on loan this month

Chelsea are weighing up whether to fork out a pretty chunky loan fee to sign a new forward this month.

It’s clear that this is an area on the pitch that they are looking to add to in the January transfer market, after an injury to Armando Broja sees him out for the rest of this season at the very least.

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Chelsea lack firepower up top, and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has even been dropped to the bench in recent games, and has frankly been poor when he has been on the pitch.

Kai Havertz had a very good game against Bournemouth this week, but he struggles with inconsistencies and always looks too lightweight up top by himself.

So Chelsea are weighing up some options, and one of those is to bring in Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix on loan in January. But according to The Athletic, it might be costly and Chelsea are considering whether it would make sporting and financial sense, with the loan fee plus gross salary being £18.6m in total.

Chelsea are looking closely at Felix. But as per the report, Chelsea prefer a more specialist penalty-box goalscorer.