Chelsea will reportedly have to pay £35 million if they want to prise Ben Gibson away from Middlesbrough.
Gibson has been tracked by Chelsea manager Antonio Conte and his scouting team this season, but the hefty price tag is an attempt by Boro to scare the Premier League leaders off, noted John Cross of the Daily Mirror.
Per the report, Boro rate 23 year-old Gibson highly and are using the sale of another young English defender, John Stones for £47 million from Everton to Manchester City, as a guide price and are determined not to sell him on the cheap in January.