Chelsea are persevering with to pursue a deal for Jamie Gittens regardless of Borussia Dortmund holding out for a payment within the area of £40 million ($54.3m), sources have instructed ESPN.
The west London membership have had one provide rejected — believed to be round £30m — however talks are ongoing in an effort to search out an settlement, with the 20-year-old eager on a transfer to Stamford Bridge.
Gittens is a former Manchester City youth staff participant and so they maintain a clause guaranteeing them 10% of his subsequent switch payment as a part of the deal which took him to Germany in 2020.
Chelsea wish to strengthen their attacking choices this summer season and have already secured the £30m signing of Liam Delap from Ipswich Town.
Delap is eligible to play within the Membership World Cup however Chelsea must transfer shortly to make sure Gittens can do the identical given the deadline for registration is Tuesday.
Gittens has performed 106 occasions for Dortmund, scoring 17 objectives and is an England under-21 worldwide.
Chelsea are additionally nonetheless exploring a deal to signal AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan however the two golf equipment are a good distance aside of their valuations.
They’ve wrapped up a deal for Strasbourg midfielder Mamadou Sarr.