Chelsea are set to lodge their final offer to Everton for Romelu Lukaku and are prepared to offer £60m plus Loic Remy as part of the deal.

Standard Sport revealed yesterday that Lukaku is considering handing in a transfer request to secure a move back to Stamford Bridge.

Everton are demanding £75m for the 23-year-old, who they signed from Chelsea for £28m just two years ago.

Chelsea don't want to be held to ransom and are hoping Everton will compromise or they will pursue other targets.

The Blues have been prepared to spend up to £67m, but now they are looking to speed up negotiations by making Remy part of the deal.

Remy has been a fringe member of the squad since joining from QPR for £10.5m in 2014 and his first team opportunities are expected to be even more limited next term.

Everton will be short of forwards if they sell Lukaku, but Chelsea hope they will see Remy as an attractive proposition.

Remy, who has scored 11 goals for the club - eight of which were in his first season when Chelsea won the League and League Cup - is still valued at around £10m.

Chelsea will hope that will be taken off Lukaku's transfer fee and make it much more cheaper.

The Belgium international has scored 45 goals for Everton since joining them on a permanent basis in 2014.

He started just one League match for the Blues in the three years before that having been signed for £18m from Anderlecht.

Lukaku's potential arrival will not see the departure of Diego Costa, who is set to start his first game of Chelsea's USA tour against AC Milan on Thursday night.

Costa has made a full recovery from a minor back problem and has been training fully with the rest of the squad.

The 27-year-old's future has dominated the close season with his former club Atletico Madrid wanting to bring him back to Vicente Calderon.

But Chelsea have insisted he is not for sale and coach Antonio Conte wants him to play alongside Lukaku next term.