Danny Drinkwater to Chelsea: Blues to make £25m within 24 hours as part of £260m spree
Chelsea are keen on signing Leicester star Drinkwater as they try to keep manager Antonio Conte happy.
The champions had a terrible start to the title defence on Saturday as they crashed 3-2 at home to Burnley and had two men sent off.
Blues boss Conte has repeatedly insisted he needs more players and has been promised three more by owner Roman Abramovich before the deadline on August 31.
And Express Sport understands Chelsea will up their offer to Leicester for 27-year-old Drinkwater to £25m in the next day.
The Foxes have already rejected a £15m bid from Chelsea, who sold Nemanja Matic to Manchester United for £40m earlier this summer.
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Drinkwater is interested in a move to Chelsea, even though he may find himself behind N’Golo Kante, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Cesc Fabregas Conte’s midfield pecking order.
But Leicester could put up a fight to keep the player they landed from Manchester United in 2012 and demand the £40m United paid for Matic and Chelsea spent on Bakayoko.
Chelsea spent over £130m on Alvaro Morata, Antonio Rudiger, Willy Caballero and Bakayoko this summer but have recouped nearly as much from 10 sales including the likes of Nathan Ake, Juan Cuadrado and Matic.
Conte wants to splash out another £130m in the next 17 days.
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