RB Leipzig are thought to be demanding a final fee of at least €70 million (£60.8 million, $82.1 million)—which would take Chelsea’s total outlay this summer to north of €300 million (£260.4 million, $351.9 million), comparable to the record-breaking figures bandied around by Liverpool.

Chelsea are set to make an opening bid to sign RB Leipzig star Xavi Simons, talkSPORT understands. Simons is close to agreeing personal terms, but is also talking to other clubs with Bayern Munich

Xavi Simons could have his wish of joining a Premier League team granted by Chelsea, although they can't offer him the perfect welcome gift due to their prior summer spending

In fact, Chelsea representatives travelled to Italy in recent days and they submitted a concrete bid worth between €65-68m, as per a bombshell report from Gazzetta dello Sport. However, this offer was swiftly turned down by Juventus as the Serie A giants have no intention of selling Yildiz this summer.

PSG sold Xavi Simons to RB Leipzig, and the Dutch midfielder has since drawn interest from several Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham Hotspur. Fabrizio Romano previously reported that Leipzig paid €80 million for Simons,

The Blues have already signed Liam Delap, Jamie Gittens and Joao Pedro to improve Enzo Maresca’s attacking options, but with the club looking to sell Joao Felix, Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson, it’s been widely reported that Chelsea are looking to add at least one more attacking player to the Italian manager’s squad this summer.

Chelsea and Xavi Simons are getting closer to reaching a verbal agreement, according to Florian Plettenberg. Personal terms are not an issue, as the Netherlands attacker is reportedly open to the