Chelsea are expected to approach Brighton & Hove Albion for permission to speak to manager Graham Potter after sacking Thomas Tuchel.
The Blues according to Sky Sports are also keen to speak to former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino and erstwhile Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, who are both out of work.
New Chelsea owner Todd Boehly axed Tuchel just three months after completing his takeover of the club.
Boehly is still acting as sporting director having moved on director Marina Granovskaia, chairman Bruce Buck and technical and performance advisor Petr Cech this summer in a complete overhaul of the Roman Abramovich era.
The new owner leadership invested a one-window Premier League record £273m to revamp Tuchel’s squad this summer, bringing in Wesley Fofana, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucarella and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
