Chelsea have submitted an improved salary offer to Manuel Ugarte as Mauricio Pochettino looks to complete his first signing at Stamford Bridge. The Sporting CP midfielder is admired by Pochettino and the Blues are actively looking to sign the Uruguayan.
Ugarte has a £52million release clause in his contract at Sporting and manager Ruben Amorim has already admitted it will be hard to keep the 22-year-old at the club this summer. Pochettino wants to sign a new central midfielder this summer - as reported by football.london last month - with the future of Mateo Kovacic and N'Golo Kante in doubt.
Manchester City are currently in talks to sign Kovacic as he enters the final 12 months of his contract at Chelsea. Kante's current deal is set to expire at the end of June with multiple Saudi Arabian clubs interested in signing the Frenchman.
