Reports in England claim Chelsea are hopeful of beating Manchester United and Arsenal to the £85million signing of Leon Bailey.

The Bayer Leverkusen winger, 22, is one of Europe’s most exciting young wingers and has attracted plenty of interest over recent seasons.

And according to the Sunday Express, Chelsea sent scouts to watch Bailey in action as he came off the bench against Rangers on Thursday.

The Jamaican international replaced Karim Bellarabi with half an hour remaining at Ibrox but he caused plenty of damage to Steven Gerrard’s side.

Liverpool are also thought to be interested in the pacey winger while German giants Bayern Munich have been tracking him for the last few years.

But Leverkusen would understandably rather sell their star to the Premier League rather than to a Bundesliga rival.

The former Genk man still has three years left to run on the contract he signed in August 2018.

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