Chelsea are to make an improved offer for Borussia Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens after their opening £29.5m bid was rejected.
Dortmund want somewhere in the region of £40m for the former Manchester City youth prospect.
The Blues are hoping to sign him before Tuesday’s deadline to play in the Club World Cup and are prepared to offer a seven-year contract.
City hold a 10 per cent sell-on clause for the 20-year-old, who left the club's academy in 2020 for Dortmund.
Gittens, who also had brief spells at Chelsea and Reading as a youngster, made his senior debut in the Bundesliga days after his 18th birthday.