Chelsea are actively working towards securing the signing of Leicester City left-back Ben Chilwell after meeting Timo Werner's £54 million (€60m/$68m) release clause at RB Leipzig.
Neither Liverpool nor Manchester United were willing to pay that sum for the 24-year-old forward, allowing the Blues to close in on their second signing ahead of next season.
Manager Frank Lampard and defender Antonio Rudiger both spoke to Werner directly before he agreed on a move to Stamford Bridge and his agent Karlheinz Forster instructed Leipzig's chiefs that his client was ready to move to west London at the end of the season.