Chelsea flop Tiemoue Bakayoko ‘offers himself to PSG and Lyon’ in bid to earn transfer exit
TIEMOUE BAKAYOKO has offered himself to PSG and Lyon in the hope of ending his Chelsea woe, reports say.
The France midfielder, 26, has spent the last three seasons on loan following his £40million arrival at Stamford Bridge from Monaco in 2017.
And current club Napoli have decided against pursuing a permanent deal, apparently partly because the Blues value him at £15million.
Now claim Bakayoko's advisors have contacted French champions PSG and Ligue 1 leaders Lyon about a potential summer move.
The Paris-born anchorman has a year left on his Chelsea contract but seemingly has no future under Thomas Tuchel.
He won his only cap in 2017 when impressiving hugely for Monaco.
But he never looked at home in the Premier League, despite playing 43 times for the Blues in his first season.
Loan periods followed with AC Milan, Monaco and for this campaign Napoli. having played under their boss Gennaro Gattuso at Milan.
But, after one goal and two assists in 36 games, including a recent dip in form, it is thought Napoli have ruled out trying. to keep him.
His brother and agent Abdoulaye told two weeks ago: “He is focused on finishing the season.
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"The goal is obviously the Champions League, he is recharging the batteries for these remaining matches.
“Not an easy moment? I think this drop in form was common to the whole team.
"He arrived on loan and there were high expectations of him and therefore he ended up more in the crosshairs of critics."
