Earlier on Tuesday, it was stated that Chelsea had a very good chance of signing Malo Gusto from Lyon after the player had already agreed terms with the Blues.
Foot Mercato provide the latest on the situation on Tuesday afternoon, and explain that after making a first offer of €20m, the Ligue 1 side rejected it.
Lyon don’t want to lose their only natural right back, but they also know the player wants to move to Chelsea ‘and only there’.
This is a choice he thought long and hard about, and after the claims that he has agreed a deal with the Stamford Bridge side, Chelsea are ready to return with another offer.
Foot Mercato state that the ‘colossal’ second bid from the Blues is ‘imminent’ and will ‘oscillate between €30-40m’.
This is a price which, they believe, will force Lyon to ‘resign themselves’ to let their starlet go, although they will fight hard regardless.
That’s because the club ‘don’t have a solid plan B’ in case he leaves to replace him, and Bruno Cheyrou, the man in charge of transfers at Lyon, is trying to ‘convince Gusto to stay until the end of the season’.
The idea would be for him to return on loan for six months, but, as things stand, this isn’t something Chelsea or the right-back are planning on doing, with Graham Potter and the Blues wanting to ‘immediately make the most of their recruit once bought’.
