Chelsea appear close to signing 22-year-old Xavi Simons, who left PSG earlier this year, though Manchester City are reportedly also interested in the Dutch midfielder. Regardless of his destination,

The Bundesliga club want £60m for Simons, and Chelsea have a host of players they are looking to offload that could help fund the move for Simons. Simons scored 10 goals and had seven assists in the Bundesliga last season for Leipzig.

Chelsea want Xavi Simons – a player apparently also on Bayern’s radar – and the possible sale of Nkunku could help fund a move for the Netherlands international. The reporter suggests Chelsea are expecting a fee of around €40 million (£34.5m) plus add ons for Nkunku.

The Blues are in talks with two German clubs as they look to slim down their squad before the transfer deadline.

Chelsea and Bayern Munich have opened talks over a potential transfer for forward Christopher Nkunku, journalist Florian Plettenberg reports.

Bayern Munich have the Chelsea star high up on their shortlist as an alternative to Kingsley Coman, who is moving to Al Nassr.

Xavi Simons is reportedly 'waiting' for Chelsea to sell Christopher Nkunku to Bayern Munich so his move can complete

The French attacking midfielder is not quite fitting in for Enzo Maresca at Chelsea and they are listening to offers

Bayern Munich star Luis Diaz paid tribute to former Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota after scoring in the DFB-Supercup against Stuttgart.