Reports in England claim Chelsea are confident of luring Angel Gomes away from Manchester United on a free transfer.

The 19-year-old academy graduate is out of contract at Old Trafford this summer and has rejected United’s £30,000-a-week new contract offer.

Chelsea are interested in securing the services of Gomes, who wants to secure more regular first-team football.

The 19-year-old midfielder, an England Under-20 international, has recruited super-agent Pini Zahavi who is understood to have held talks with Blues transfer chief Marina Granovskaia.

And, according to the Daily Mirror, the Stamford Bridge club believe they are close to landing Manchester United starlet Angel Gomes.

United remain hopeful of tying the midfielder down to a new contract but Gomes wants regular first-team football after just six first-team appearances for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side this season.

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