Chelsea submit loan bid to sign Edinson Cavani from Paris Saint-Germain but have Atletico Madrid to battle for the Uruguayan
Chelsea have submitted a loan offer to sign Edinson Cavani from Paris Saint-Germain, according to reports.
Frank Lampard is keen to bolster his attacking options in the January transfer window and is targeting a new striker to support Tammy Abraham.
According to The Times, Chelsea have offered to sign Cavani on loan for the remainder of the season and plan to cover his salary, which is over £360,000 a week, in full.
The report claims that Chelsea would also be looking to pay a loan fee of at least £5 million.
But for two latest reasons, Chelsea would find it very difficult to land Cavani. First, the player’s parents have revealed that Cavani may want to join Atletico Madrid instead.
And the second reason is PSG’s valuation fee of £12.6million for the Uruguayan International which Chelsea consider too expensive for a player at age 32-years-old.
Lampard has already revealed his admiration for Cavani, who has scored 198 goals in 292 appearances for PSG.
‘He’s a great player, I played against him and always loved his mentality and attitude, and his scoring record speaks for itself,’ Lampard said earlier this week.
‘The idea of bringing in experience is something I’m certainly not absolutely looking away from, because sometimes the young players need a little bit of help, and if that’s the case then that may help us.’
According to the reports, PSG are prepared to sell Cavani in a permanent deal, which they are holding up Cavani’s move to Diego Simeone’s side this January.
