Leicester City midfielder N'Golo Kante is poised to turn down a new contract at Leicester City and reject a move to Arsenal because he wants to join Chelsea.
According to the Telegraph, the Blues have turned their attention to the Frenchman after failing to secure the services of Radja Nainggolan.
Juventus and Manchester United are also reported to be interested.
Last week, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger confirmed that he is keeping an eye on the 25-year-old.
"It is very difficult to talk about that at the moment," Wenger told beIN SPORTS.
"Kante is on the list of many clubs. It is an area where we have many players.
"We will see what happens in the next two or three weeks. It looks like Leicester have bought a player from Nice [Nampalys Mendy] with similar qualities to Kante, so whether they envisage to lose him or not I don't know.
"If you ask 100 people in the street if they want Kante to play [for France] you will get 100 saying yes. He has done the job in one or two games and I am not surprised.
"I said two months ago this boy will play the whole European Championship. We know him well from Leicester now and I am not surprised that he is starting. He has been one of the revelations of the French team."
