Chelsea remain in negotiations with PSV Eindhoven over the signing of Noni Madueke, football.london understands.
As reported on Friday of last week, the Blues opened talks with the Dutch club over the English winger as Graham Potter looks to bolster his attacking options. However, since then, Chelsea have confirmed the £88million signing of Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk, after beating Arsenal to the Ukrainian's signature.
Mudryk plays out wide, like Madueke, but Chelsea signing the former has not put them off pursuing a deal for the latter, a source has told football.london. Talks continued with PSV over the weekend, but there has been no breakthrough at the time of writing.
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PSV are adamant they do not want to sell Madueke this month after losing Cody Gakpo to Liverpool. Madueke is understood to be settled at the Philips Stadion and is not distracted by the ongoing speculation over his future.
However, as reported last week, there's a belief from Chelsea's side that they can get the 20-year-old for around €45million (£40million), despite PSV's stubborn stance. Newly-appointed Blues technical director Christopher Vivell is pushing for the move and is the man spearheading Chelsea's pursuit of the former Tottenham attacker.
Vivell wanted to sign Madueke when he was working at RB Leipzig and he has now carried over the interest to west London. If Chelsea can complete the signing of Madueke, then he will become their sixth signing of the January transfer window with deals for Mudryk, David Datro Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Andrey Santos and Joao Felix already completed and confirmed.
PSV manager and former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy last week confirmed there was plenty of interest in Madueke, who played the full game as his side drew with Fortuna Sittard on Sunday, but said he did not want to sell him. Van Nistelrooy, however, admitted some things are out of his control when it comes to transfer-related business.
"I know there is interest," the PSV boss said. "But as a coach you would rather keep your best players. Situations can arise where clubs come in with an offer that cannot be stopped."
If Madueke is signed, he will become the fourth player to be signed by Chelsea this month who is 21 or under. Nothing is advanced yet, but talks are continuing and are expected to do so as the week progresses as Chelsea look to make their sixth January signing.
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