Chelsea are ready to do a £70m deal in January for Christian Pulisic - but he will not arrive until next summer.
Borussia Dortmund are already bracing themselves to sell Pulisic and they have already held talks with Chelsea who are leading the chase.
USA star Pulisic, 20, will only have one year left on his contract next summer and Dortmund are ready to cut their losses with Chelsea determined to jump to the head of the queue.
That is why Chelsea are ready to get the deal done early even though Dortmund have already made it clear publicly that they will not let him go midway through the season.
Pulisic is being seen as a potential replacement for Eden Hazard with the Belgium superstar’s contract also due to expire in 2020.
That means Chelsea will have to sell him next summer unless he re-signs with Real Madrid monitoring developments closely.
Hazard dropped another hint last weekend that he could leave Chelsea this summer but insists that he has yet to make a final decision.
However, Chelsea have tied down N’Golo Kante to a new five year deal worth £280,000-a-week but they fear they may be fighting a losing battle with Hazard.
Chelsea are looking at alternatives and Pulisic is top of the bill with a growing confidence that he will arrive at Stamford Bridge.
temabcdns
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Hazard is irreplaceable no doubt about that but Chelsea Will move on and continued to win titles should he decide to leave although Chelsea bord must share larger blames if he do leave Hazard had be cried for top class striker who will convert those chances created by him and other team mate since before the world cup in Roshia , Chelsea paid no attention to his cry.
swagchicken
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chelsea say they wanna sign Pulisic
swagchicken
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Pulisic needs to stay at Dortmund. Chelsea dont need him. He is perfect at Dortmund. It would be very dumb for Chelsea to sign him.
Elsa98
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Jurgen klopp right now.
Mishan007
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why london clubs are after Dortmund star's??