Club now bid £50m+ to sign £195,000-p/w Chelsea player Maresca loves in January

Member of Chelsea The club could leave as soon as January in the face of a mammoth bid from a European giant, according to a new report

Chelsea are flying high in the Premier League

3-0 win over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge moves Chelsea up to third Premier Leaguebehind second-placed Arsenal only in alphabetical order, and nine points behind leaders Liverpool.

Enzo Maresca has enjoyed a good start to life in west London, with his side also impressing in the Conference League, although they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle.

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It would end an unbeaten spell at Stamford Bridge.

However, it hasn’t been plain sailing for everyone at the club, with Ben Chilwell still sidelined by Maresca and Mykhailo Mudryk, Benoit Badiashile, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall among those who have had limited opportunities to impress in the Premier League.

Now, Chelsea have the chance to whittle down their bloated squad and earn a hefty fee in the process.

A bid has been made for Chelsea’s top scorer

This comes as a new report has revealed that several bids have already been made for top scorer Christopher Nkunku, who has struggled to break into the Premier League’s first team but has proved prolific in Europe.

Speaking in a recent interview, Maresca was asked about Nkunku and she admitted that she loved the Frenchmanbut he did little to suggest he would play a bigger role at the club any time soon.

“We know Christo’s (Nkunku’s) best position is between the lines as a 10, but Cole (Palmer) plays there and we’re not going to play a lot of games with Cole and Christo or Cole and Joao (Felix) .

“Christo is the same as I have mentioned many times about Joao. If you play with Cole, Joao, Christo, Noni (Madueke) and Jadon (Sancho), who defends? Their ability and their strength is not to defend, is We love them but we also need balance.

“They are all fantastic players, they will all play games no doubt, but not every game. The last game we tried with Joao and Cole together, hopefully soon we can try with Christo and Cole together, Christo and Joao together, because we have so many games.”

With his future at Stamford Bridge looking bleak, barring an injury to Palmer, it is no surprise that there has been Speculation that he could leave the club in the near future. Now, reports in Spain have gone a step further, explaining this Several clubs have already made bids for the Frenchman. Topping that list is Paris Saint-Germain, who have reportedly tabled a €60m bid for the striker, which would see Chelsea almost break even with the fee they paid to sign Nkunku from RB Leipzig.

It also adds that “several Saudi clubs have offered €60m to sign the striker”, although these offers may be less attractive than the option of him returning to Paris and his homeland.

Nkunku still has almost five years to run with his Offer £195,000 per week at Stamford Bridge, but it is hard to see him seeing out his contract unless his playing time improves given his clear ability and desire to play regular football. Could this be the perfect solution to a brewing problem?