Chelsea have made a loan offer for Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani, reports have claimed as Frank Lampard looks to move to the front of the queue for the Uruguayan.
Lampard has been open to bringing in a striker this month to provide further competition for Tammy Abraham and now it looks like Cavani is the man he wants to bring to Stamford Bridge.
According to The Times, Chelsea have made an initial loan offer for the striker in which they have proposed to cover his wages.
Cavani currently earns in excess of £360,000 a week meaning the Blues would pay a total of £7.2million in wages.
They would need to table a further £5m fee to secure the signing of the former Napoli man.
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