Chelsea have held talks with Lille striker Jonathan David s representatives over a transfer to Stamford Bridge this summer.
The Blues are on the lookout for a new goalscorer this summer to compete with Nicolas Jackson for a place in Enzo Maresca s starting XI.
Lille blessing
Aston Villa s has been heavily linked, and remains on the club s shortlist, but he s been joined by Canada international David, who could be available on the cheap.
The 24-year-old – who scored 26 goals last term and has 84 in 183 games for Lille in total – has 12 months left to run on his contract and club president Olivier Letang recently gave his blessing for the forward to leave this summer.
“We have two players who have an exit voucher with Leny [Yoro] and Jonathan,” Letang said.
MORE CHELSEA TRANSFER NEWS ON F365
Chelsea talks
and explains that the Blues have a good relationship with Letang by virtue of the BlueCo consortium also owning fellow Ligue 1 team Strasbourg.
Chelsea are boosted by the fact , though he is attracting interest from Serie A, Bundesliga and La Liga.
