According to Spanish publication Nacional, via Football365, Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is prepared to offer €130million (£112million) to sign Real Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde this summer.

Boehly is prepared to offer €130m to sign Valverde in an effort to “break down the resistance” coming from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

The report also adds that Chelsea are prepared to quintuple Valverde’s salary to make him ‘one of the best paid’ players in the Premier League.

Meanwhile, Rennes midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu is set to join the Premier League club imminently after Chelsea agreed a €27m fee to sign the 19-year-old.

Sky Sports are reporting that Chelsea are ‘yet to decide whether the 19-year-old will go into Mauricio Pochettino’s first-team squad or go out on loan’.