Chelsea will reportedly make a formal bid to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Arsenal within the next 48 hours, but face competition from Manchester City.
The Express claim that Chelsea will step up their efforts to sign the England international, who is entering the final year of his contract at the Emirates.
Oxlade-Chamberlain has informed Arsene Wenger of his desire to leave the club because he wants assurances about first-team football.
Chelsea were initially linked with the player over the weekend and Antonio Conte would have seen the player up close as the Blues ran out 3-0 winners against Arsenal in their recent pre-season friendly.
The Gunners have offered the former Southampton man a new contract at the club worth around £100,000-a-week, something Chelsea would have no problem matching, if not beating.
Whether the player would have a better chance of first-team football at Chelsea than he does at Arsenal, however, is something for the player to decide.
