Chelsea in talks to sign Dortmund's Gittens

Chelsea are successful talks to motion Borussia Dortmund's Jamie Gittens and person offered the winger a seven-year contract.

The 20-year-old is understood to beryllium unfastened to a determination to Stamford Bridge amid ongoing talks implicit idiosyncratic terms, though a interest has yet to beryllium agreed betwixt the 2 clubs.

The Blues are acceptable to wage £30m but Dortmund are keen to clasp retired for much than £40m.

Chelsea are not successful a unreserved to unit done immoderate woody for England Under-21 planetary with different targets connected the market, arsenic they question a right-footed near winger aft signing striker Liam Delap from Ipswich.

They could hold until aft the upcoming Club World Cup, which features some Chelsea and Dortmund, to effort and implicit the signing should determination beryllium a deficiency of advancement successful the coming days.

Gittens came done Manchester City's academy earlier joining Dortmund successful 2020.

He made his Bundesliga debut 2 years later, and past play scored 8 goals successful 32 league appearances.

However, helium does not acceptable the strategy of manager Niko Kovac, who joined Dortmund successful February.

While Gittens could beryllium an arrival, a woody for AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan looks progressively improbable with the Italian broadside refusing to budge connected their £25m valuation of the France international.