Chelsea are interested in signing Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater, according to a reliable sources.
The England international is one of the midfielders the Premier
League champions are looking at as a possible replacement for Nemanja
Matic, who has been sold to
Manchester United for £40m.
Chelsea
have already bought Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco, but Blues manager Antonio
Conte wants to sign another midfielder.
Former
Leicester midfielder N'Golo Kante won the title again with Chelsea last season
The
Italian has already asked Bayern Munich about signing Renato Sanches and
Drinkwater is also on his list of targets.
However,
Leicester are under no pressure to sell Drinkwater and he is not for sale,
having signed a new four-year contract last summer.
The
27-year-old was an integral part of the Leicester team that won the title in
2015-16 and his performances earned him a call-up to the England squad in March
2016.
N'Golo
Kante, who partnered Drinkwater in that title-winning Leicester midfield,
joined Chelsea last summer for £30m and has enjoyed great success at Stamford
Bridge.
The
Frenchman was a member of the Premier League-winning team for the second season
in a row and won the PFA and FWA Player of the Year awards.
Drinkwater
aside, Chelsea's other midfield targets include Everton's Ross Barkley and
Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
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