Chelsea among clubs interested in West Ham's Kudus

West Ham person received aggregate enquiries from clubs funny successful signing attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus.

Sources person told BBC Sport that Chelsea are among the clubs to person engaged successful aboriginal discussions with the Hammers implicit the Ghana international, who has a merchandise clause of £85m.

The imaginable of astatine slightest 1 Chelsea subordinate heading crossed London arsenic portion of the woody has been discussed.

Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez is among the players to person been mentioned during aboriginal talks.

The Blues, however, are not the lone nine to person expressed an involvement successful Kudus, with astatine slightest 1 different Premier League broadside and respective overseas monitoring his situation.

It is understood Kudus is unfastened to leaving London Stadium earlier adjacent season, peculiarly to a nine that tin supply him with Champions League football.

His merchandise interest - which reaches £120m for clubs successful Saudi Arabia - mightiness beryllium a important hurdle and it remains to beryllium seen whether West Ham would beryllium consenting to judge a little price.

The Hammers whitethorn look to merchantability 1 of their large names this summertime with a presumption to reinvesting the wealth into the squad for Graham Potter's archetypal afloat play successful charge.

Arsenal, who are successful the marketplace for a winger, person held a semipermanent involvement successful Kudus and identified him arsenic a people successful the summertime of 2023 earlier helium signed for West Ham.

Kudus inactive has 3 years to tally connected his existent deal.