Chelsea Step Man United for Boyer Striker Bayer Leverkusen It

Chelsea are reported to be the leading team to get Leon Bailey's signature from Bayer Leverkusen, meaning that the Blues will straddle Arsenal and Manchester United are also interested in the player. German media Kicker, as reported by The Sun, reported that the Bayer Leverkusen attacker has attracted interest from a number of major clubs in the Premier League. In the same article claimed that the 20-year-old player has expressed his desire to move to the Premier League defending champion despite the turmoil at Stamford Bridge as far back as 2018. Their manager, Antonio Conte, was threatened with dismissal following a series of unsatisfactory results since the turn of the year. The Blues have only two wins in the last 10 games in all competitions. Still in the same report, Bailey is currently tied to Leverkusen until 2020 and that means the Blues have to pay a substantial transfer fee to secure his signature. Indeed, Leverkusen itself is believed to have labeled the Jamaican attacker with a surprising price of 100 million Pounds or about 1.9 trillion Rupiah, despite relatively less experience at the top level of European football. Apart from that, Bailey has scored eight goals and made five asisst in his 18 matches in Germany's top flight this season to help the Heiko Herrlich squad challenge Bayern Munich in the title race. The second-placed team in Bundesliga brought Bailey in a deal of 20 million Euros ($ 334 billion) from Belgian club Genk in the summer transfer window of 2017 yesterday.