Manchester City bid £25 million for Chelsea midfielder amid growing interest from Bayern Munich

Champions of Europe Manchester City have strengthened their interest in Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic by submitting a £25million bid for him according to the Athletic.

The midfielder is currently on holiday but admitted earlier in the summer that Manchester City was a brilliant club even though he also admitted that the length of his stay at Chelsea was proof of how much he’s enjoyed his time there.

Pep Guardiola’s side have swept all trophies in this season bar the Carabao Cup and made history by becoming only the second team since Manchester United in 1999 to win the treble which culminated in the Champions League triumph.

The future of diminutive midfielder Bernardo Silva is up in the air as well as captain Ilkay Gundogan who has been strongly linked to Barcelona.

Manchester City are looking to build on from a position of strength and even though Chelsea is strategically looking to build also with the appointment of Pochettino, selling Kovavcic to a direct rival might not be the best move.

Chelsea is looking to offload some of their players to create space and generate funds having spent close to £ 600 million in the last two transfer windows are are in the red zone with FFP.

Midfielder N’Golo Kante is in the final stage of his reported move to Saudi Arabia while Jorginho left the club to rivals Arsenal last January and a move for Kovacic will bring an end to the starting midfield that won the Champions League under Thomas Tuchel just two seasons ago. It remains to be seen if the £25 million will be enough to seal the deal.