Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia has taken a lead role this week to land the club's transfer targets.

The London Evening Standard says Granovskaia, who is in charge of player negotiations at Chelsea, has been away from her base at the stadium for the past few days working on targets.

Antonio Conte wants up to four more arrivals before the end of the month, one of which is Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater.

The 27-year-old is believed to be high up on Conte's wish list as he looks to strengthen their midfield options.

Significantly, he has an excellent rapport with N'Golo Kante, who joined Chelsea from Leicester last summer for £32m.