At the end of March and start of April, various reports coming out on Spain talked about Chelsea and Real Madrid being in the picture for AS Monaco star Aurélien Tchouaméni.
A month ago, Sport even stressed the west London club ‘start as the favourites’ in the race for the 22-year-old.
Fast forward to May and Marca now talks about Chelsea making an approach for the France international.
The Ligue 1 side are named as a ‘selling club’ and there are discussions about the player’s possible sale in the summer. The report also mentions an amount ‘close to €70m’ as a starting price for him.
It’s claimed Thomas Tuchel’s side have ‘asked about his future and are looking for a quick decision’.
Los Blancos have been following the player for several months but have informed him that he will have wait for one more year to arrive at the Spanish capital club.
Tchouaméni is aware of Madrid’s intention, as well as that of clubs from the Premier League, who are ‘willing to incorporate the midfielder’. However, he ‘does not seem willing to wait’ for one more year to join Real Madrid.
This could favour Chelsea and other English sides to acquire Tchouaméni’s signature in the summer.
