Thomas Tuchel insists Chelsea have ‘no intention’ of selling Armando Broja amid interest from West Ham, Everton and Newcastle United this summer.
The 20-year-old is currently in the United States with the rest of the squad for their pre-season tour, but his future at Stamford Bridge remains unclear despite signing a new long-term deal last summer.
Following his first top-flight campaign at Southampton last season, Broja is attracting heavy interest from several Premier League clubs.
Many approaches and enquiries have been made, with Chelsea insisting Broja would be looked at during pre-season before a decision is made over his future.
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He is a number one target for West Ham, and Sky Sports report that they have made a £30 million proposal to the Blues for the Albania international.
West Ham are prepared to pay £25 million up front, with £5 million in add-ons.
Nathan Gissing reports that Frank Lampard’s Everton have also made a bid for the Chelsea forward.
He claims Broja will not leave Chelsea on loan again, suggesting if he is to depart it will be on a permanent basis.
Broja flew out to America late, sharing the same flight as new arrival Raheem Sterling, due to paperwork issues but is currently sidelined due to picking up an injury in training, which will rule him out of their pre-season opener against Club America.
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"He had a little accident yesterday in training with the ball control and landed in a funny way on his ankle and Achilles,” admitted Thomas Tuchel ahead of the match in Las Vegas.
“He is in pain but nothing is injured – we did the examinations and it's just pain.
“He is lucky that he did not get injured. We are lucky and happy that he did not injure himself.
"He is not in training and he is in treatment, Armando.”
But the Chelsea head coach also offered an update on Broja’s future at the club, assuring he they have no intention, currently, of selling the centre-forward.
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He added: "Armando is our player first of all and we have, at the moment, no interest in selling him. He is here to make an impression after he was on loan in Southampton. That's his situation from where we look up front. It's good if there's interest as it shows us there's talent and potential.
"It shows us that Armando is in the position to impress and become a Chelsea player. When will he become a Chelsea player? Nobody knows but hopefully as soon as possible.
“He got injured and there's a delay for him, which is never nice because a young player should normally make an impression from the first minute in pre-season. Now we have a bit of a delay in that but that's the situation.”
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