CHELSEA have told Leicester they won’t pay more than £30million to land Danny Drinkwater.
The Premier League winners have made a move for the England midfielder as Antonio Conte looks to strengthen his options at Stamford Bridge. Conte first declared an interest in signing Drinkwater a year ago when he arrived in his job in west London.
After the club captured N’Golo Kante from the Foxes last summer it was decided they would not be able to persuade the then champions to sell them another of their key players.
But Chelsea have revived their interest in the 27-year-old as Conte desperately tries to bolster his options in his squad this summer.
Yet they have made it clear they will not be held to ransom by Leicester, and will only do a deal if the midlands club are fair with their asking price.
The London club splashed out £32m to sign Kante a year ago, and even allowing for an inflation in transfer fees they do not want to pay any more than that for his old central midfield partner.
Chelsea know they need to bring in more players in the coming weeks having let two central midfielders leave the club this summer.
From The Sun
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