Chelsea desperate to flog Batshuayi, Emerson and Bakayoko in £160m clear-out to fund Havertz and Chilwell transfers

CHELSEA are looking to offload £160million-worth of big-name flops to help fund Frank Lampard’s first spending spree. The Blues have agreed a £54million fee for Leipzig striker Timo Werner and have already sealed a £37million deal for Ajax winger Hakim Ziyech. Now Lampard has the green light to move for Leverkusen attacking star Kai Havertz and Leicester full-back Ben Chilwell. Those deals would push the club’s summer outlay close to £250million but the cost could be partially offset by a major Stamford Bridge clear-out. Tiemoue Bakayoko, Emerson Palmieri, Davide Zappacosta, Danny Drinkwater, Michy Batshuayi and Victor Moses have all been made aware that they do not feature in Lampard’s future plans. But the club will have to accept a major hit on all six of the surplus stars just to get them off the wage bill. Top of Lampard’s hit-list is French international midfielder Bakayoko, who cost Chelsea £40million when they signed him from Monaco three years ago but has spent the last two seasons out on loan. He is currently back at former club Monaco, who have a £35million buy-back clause but are not going to take up the option to sign him on a permanent basis. That could open the door for AC Milan, who had Bakayoko on loan at the San Siro last season but could not afford to keep him at the time. article here