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Chelsea have opened club-to-club talks with RB Leipzig for the signing of Xavi Simons this summer, football.london understands.
Talks have been ongoing this week between Chelsea and the 22-year-old's representatives, including super agent Ali Barat and have been described as very positive. Now, the Blues have entered negotiations with Leipzig as the two clubs look to strike an agreement.
Leipzig are said to be open to selling the Netherlands international this summer with reports in recent days suggesting the Bundesliga club will do business for €65million (£56million). Bayern Munich have expressed their interest in Simons, and sources have told football.london the German club could try to hijack a deal.
Chelsea, though, are favourites for Simons at the time of writing. The Blues will now be looking to agree a fee with Leipzig in the coming days in order to get the deal done as quickly as possible.
This is a developing news story that will be updated with relevant information as we get it. More to follow...
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