Chelsea have joined the list of clubs monitoring Anthony Martial’s situation at Manchester United and would move for the France striker if he agitates for a transfer this summer.

Martial has had a frustrating third season in English football, flitting from team to bench and limited to 17 Premier League starts. Suitors, who already included Juventus and Tottenham, have been given encouragement to think the 22-year-old could seek a fresh start at the end of the season. He is contracted to 2019 with an option for a further year, and would command a considerable fee. Juve are understood to have indicated they would be prepared to pay £45m.

Chelsea, prepared for Real Madrid to firm up their longstanding interest in Eden Hazard, would consider Martial a player of considerable potential but also one with the quality to play anywhere across their frontline. United’s instinct will be to retain him. They paid Monaco an initial £36m in 2015 but if Martial pushes for a move, they may not be averse to selling, even to a divisional rival. The clubs negotiated Nemanja Matic’s move to Old Trafford last summer and José Mourinho retains an interest in the Chelsea forward, Willian.

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Roman Abramovich is still hopeful Hazard will sign a new contract but is eager to instigate other changes to the playing staff at Stamford Bridge this summer, when Antonio Conte is expected to depart. Despite the uncertainty over the identity of his successor, the club have already begun exploring the market for additions, though Chelsea would have to generate funds through sales.

A failure to qualify for the Champions League – they are fifth, five points behind Tottenham with three games to play – would result in a shortfall of up to £70m in revenues and, in order to satisfy financial fair play rules, fringe players may be moved on.

Borussia Dortmund may seek to make Michy Batshuayi’s loan move a permanent deal after the Belgian impressed in the Bundesliga with seven goals in nine starts before an ankle injury.

Kurt Zouma and Kenedy, on loan at Stoke and Newcastle respectively, could also move on, while Tomas Kalas and Lucas Piazon could join Fulham permanently if they are promoted to the top flight.

The England internationals Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who is expected to be in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the summer’s World Cup finals, and Tammy Abraham will not be sold but Marco van Ginkel and even Danny Drinkwater, who has endured a frustrating first season at the club since arriving from Leicester for £35m, could depart. David Luiz, underused all season, may consider the changes in the dugout before confronting his future.

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Chelsea boast a net outlay of around £119m since 2014 with their business model having shifted markedly from the lavish spending of the early Abramovich era. The oligarch remains as committed as ever, with the club committed to redeveloping Stamford Bridge, but will continue to comply with FFP, meaning they will not boast the leeway enjoyed by Manchester City and United in the market.

Abramovich is to be honoured by the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia, whose board of trustees he chairs, for investing in excess of £360m into Jewish communities in Russia, Israel and other countries around the world. “Much of the work we do has been made possible thanks to Mr Abramovich, and we are deeply thankful for his continued support,” said the FJCR president, Rabbi Alexander Boroda.

“We have more than 160 communities in all of Russia and Roman supports them all. He never talks about it but I want to because people don’t understand who the source of it is – and it is him.” Chelsea have run a prominent “Say No to Antisemitism” campaign, personally initiated by the owner, since February.