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Chelsea Agree Personal Terms With AS Monaco Star

Chelsea Agree Personal Terms With AS Monaco Star

Nice piece of business from Conte

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Chelsea already boast the services of N'Golo Kante but their middle of the park is set to be reinforced with another solid midfielder after the club have agreed personal terms with one of the hottest prospects.

Following their impressive away goals victory over Manchester City in the Champions League round of 16, it should come as no surprise that many of AS Monaco's prodigious talents are being linked with moves to Europe's biggest clubs.

(Mbappe received his first France call-up, so was forced to give an initiation song. Brilliant:)

From the red-hot 18-year-old wonderkid Kylian Mbappe, Portuguese flair player Bernardo, buccaneering wing backs Fabinho and Benjamin Mendy, not to mention Tiemoue Bakayoko.

The 22-year-old powerhouse appeared to have made his mind up about his next club, opting for Premier League leaders Chelsea instead of Manchester United.

(Bakayoko heads the ball to score Monaco's eventual tie-winner)

And according to Spanish journalist Guillem Balague, Chelsea have followed up their initial interest by reportedly agreeing personal terms with Bakayoko.

Antonio Conte will now have to meet the French sides asking price to ultimately secure his services with a host of teams monitoring his rapid progress.

The Italian boss was hellbent on snapping up AS Roma's Radja Nainggolan though his transfer to Stamford Bridge seems unlikely with Conte setting his cross-hairs on Bakayoko.

The Frenchman has since been called up to the national team by manager Didier Deschamps as a replacement for Pogba, who dropped out due to a hamstring injury he suffered during United's Europa League clash with Rostov last week.

Imagine the midfield pairing of Kante and Bakayoko?! Fuck me, good luck getting the ball back.

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Topics: Chelsea, Monaco