Chelsea to begin Tiemoue Bakayoko talks this week as they try to beat Manchester United to Monaco midfielder

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Blues chiefs have already sounded out the one-cap France international, who has starred in a dynamic Monaco midfield.

Bakayoko - a PSG fan - has already ruled out joining his boyhood club leaving the door open for the Premier League champions to launch a £40million bid.

Talking to Canal Plus, he said: "It's impossible, because I've just finished champion ahead of Paris.

"I can't leave for a club that has finished behind me.

"PSG is a club I carry in my heart because I'm a Parisian and I was a supporter of PSG, like my family. They initiated me."

SunSport exclusively revealed United will try and bolster their options in the middle with a £35m move for Blues star Nemanja Matic.

Old Trafford boss Jose Mourinho signed the Serbian, 28, in 2014 and will try to lure him away.

Matic was a first-team regular for the title winners but Bakayoko's arrival could see the Blues try and cash in.

Mourinho is also keeping tabs on two other Monaco stars - Bernardo Silva and Fabinho - after the wealthy club stormed to the title with a promising young squad.

Read SunSport's profile of Chelsea and Manchester United target Tiemoue Bakayoko here

Monaco are expected to replace Bakayoko with Anderlecht's Youri Tielemans, who has been tipped as a star of the future.