Chelsea have entered the race to sign Raphinha, a Leeds winger.
Arsenal has made a bid for the Brazilian international, and Barcelona is also interested.
Raphinha, who Leeds signed from Rennes for £17 million two years ago, is expected to fetch more than £50 million.
Chelsea’s American owners, on the other hand, want the 25-year-old to be part of a new-look attacking line-up and have already spoken with England international Raheem Sterling.
There has yet to be a formal offer made to Leeds, who avoided relegation from the Premier League on the final day of last season.
That was partly to do with a sparkling performance from Raphinha, who scored the opener in a 2-1 win over Brentford and is due to report back for pre-season training at the start of next week.
Leeds and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips is already set to join Manchester City in a £45m deal.
New Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has moved quickly in his role as interim sporting director by loaning club-record signing Romelu Lukaku back to Inter Milan.
That move is expected to be announced in the next 24 hours once the 29-year-old has completed a medical.
