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Tom Coley

Lionel Messi offers Chelsea Romelu Lukaku transfer lifeline as £195m three-way swap deal possible

Chelsea's summer transfer work is set to hinge massively on the actions of both Milan sides. With the Rossineri's backroom reshuffle potentially causing issues that affect both ingoings and outgoings at Stamford Bridge, a similar story is emerging at Inter.

Under Mauricio Pochettino Chelsea are keen to get their business done early in order to meet a soft June 30 transfer deadline for accounting purposes. It is forcing them to consider all options both great and small when it comes to selling players and could see Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek both become part of Stefano Pioli's side for a combined £35 million.

On the other way could be Mike Maignan. The Frenchman is on a shortlist of goalkeeper targets for the club this summer and could be available for £50 million. The 27-year-old is one of the main priorities for the position, football.london understands, but would be harder to acquire than his Milan rival Andre Onana.

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