Chelsea have submitted a loan offer to sign Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani, according to reports.
Frank Lampard is keen to strengthen his attacking options in the January window and is targeting a new striker to support the Blues top scorer Tammy Abraham.
According to The Times, Chelsea have offered to sign Cavani on loan for the remainder of the campaign and plan to cover his salary, which is over £360,000 a week.
The report claims that Chelsea would be looking to pay a loan fee of around £5million.
Lampard has also revealed his admiration for Edinson Cavani, who has scored 198 goals in 292 matches for PSG.
‘He’s a great player, I played against him and always loved his mentality and attitude, and his scoring record speaks for itself,’ Lampard said earlier this week.
‘The idea of bringing in experience is something I’m certainly not absolutely looking away from, because sometimes the young players need a little bit of help, and if that’s the case then that may help us.’
However, PSG are looking to sell Cavani on a permanent deal and the player is understood to favour a transfer move to Atletico Madrid.
Reports have claimed that the Uruguayan has agreed an 18-month deal with Atletico which is worth €10m a year. But PSG are demanding a transfer fee of at around £15m, which is holding up Cavani’s move to Spain.
‘There is an open negotiation,’ Cavani’s mother, Berta Gomez, told AS.
‘PSG have rejected three proposals from Atletico but my son has asked to leave and we are waiting for an agreement to be reached by both clubs.
‘It’s complicated but he wants to play at Atletico, if not now, then in the summer.
‘We have been wishing it for years but it does not now depend on my son but on PSG and Atletico.’
