Tiemoue Bakayoko has arrived in London to complete negotiations over his £35.1million transfer to Chelsea.

According to French radio station RTL, the 22-year-old Monaco midfielder travelled to the capital yesterday to finalise the deal.

Standard Sport reported on Friday that Bakayoko was due to head to England this week to undergo a medical before signing a five-year contract.

A fee with Monaco has already been agreed, with the only hold-up being the proposed salary. But with the France international already determined to make the switch to Stamford Bridge, personal terms will not prevent the deal going ahead and the two parties are expected to secure the transfer soon.

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Coach Antonio Conte watched Bakayoko on a number of occasions last season and has earmarked him to play alongside N’Golo Kante in midfield.

Once Bakayoko has signed, Nemanja Matic is set to be sold to Manchester United for £40m.

Chelsea plan to be very busy in the market over the next few weeks as Conte pushes for signings to be completed before the squad departs for the pre-season tour to the Far East on July 18.

They still hope to complete a club record £61m move for Juventus left-back Alex Sandro and agree a fee with Everton for Romelu Lukaku, who has been valued by the Merseyside club at a world record £100m.