Chelsea have stepped up their pursuit of RB Leipzig midfielder Xavi Simons, sources have told ESPN. The 21-year-old is open to joining the Premier League club and Leipzig are willing to sell despite only signing Simons on a permanent basis in January for an initial fee of €50 million ($58.8m).

RB Leipzig have named Xavi Simons in their training camp squad that will travel to Donaueschingen today. Despite this, Philipp Hinze reports that talks between Simons’ entourage and Chelsea are

Chelsea are looking to make progress on a number of sales as they seek to push through deals for RB Leipzig attacking midfielder Xavi Simons and Ajax defender Jorrel Hato