Chelsea have agreed terms to lure French box to box midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko according to Guillem Balague who works for Skysport.
Mourinho will be furious as the French midfielder is one of his target this coming summer transfer window, recall that both Conte and Mourinho are eager to lure the powerhouse.
And as reported by Guillem Balague on his verified twitter account, Chelsea have reached an agreement with the player and Monaco needs to agree the fee for the transfer to be initialized.
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
The French powerhouse has been very instrumental for his club Monaco, most especially when they met with Man city winning 3 -1 last week in the Champions league game.
Tiemoue Bakayoko will replace Paul Poagba who suffered a hamstring injury in Manchester League win over Rostov in the friendly match against Spain and Luxembourg
Tiémoué Bakayoko (@AS_Monaco) remplace Paul Pogba en Bleu!! C'est la 1ère fois que le milieu de terrain est appelé par D.Deschamps!👍 pic.twitter.com/u23u1usNuy
— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) March 18, 2017
Mourinho was eager to get the 22-year-old in the January transfer but opted to wait for the Summer transfer and now Chelsea have been favored to swoop for the star player.
Chelsea who are the favorite to win this year Premier League will not miss out in the race to get Bakayoko as they intend to strengthen their squad come next season.
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