have made an initial bid of £12m for forward Christian Pulisic, but Lyon have already outbid them with an offer of £21.5m.
The 24-year-old is expected to leave Stamford Bridge this summer as the Blues continue their significant clear-out, trimming the squad they bloated with seriously busy transfer windows over the last year.
report that the Serie A giants have made their first move and hoped to get Pulisic for €14m (£12m) as he only has one year left on his contract in west .
However, they have swiftly been outdone by Lyon, who have lodged a bid of €25m (£21.5m), plus a sell-on fee which is being discussed.
report that Pulisic has already agreed terms with AC Milan over the move to the San Siro, but clearly the Lyon bid is significantly more and Chelsea would prefer to accept that offer.
Chelsea paid Dortmund £58m for Pulisic in 2019 and his spell in England has been plagued by injuries, which have limited him to just 98 Premier League appearances in four seasons since then.
He has made a total of 145 appearances for the Blues in all competitions, scoring 26 goals and winning the Champions League in 2021.
A number of first team players have already departed from Chelsea this summer, with Kalidou Koulibaly, Mateo Kovacic, Edouard Mendy, Kai Havertz, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and N’Golo Kante all finding new clubs.
Loftus-Cheek has already signed for AC Milan, with Fikayo Tomori moving from Stamford Bridge to the San Siro in 2021.
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