Chelsea are in talks to sign German central defender Antonio Rudiger from Roma for around £30million.

Rudiger’s agent has travelled to England and Roma expect the 24-year-old to join the Premier League champions.

Chelsea acted quickly after the collapse of the proposed transfer of Kostas Manolas to Zenit St Petersburg earlier this week.

Having initially made a check on Manolas, Chelsea instead decided to use Roma’s need to sell players to comply with Financial Fair Play to move for Rudiger.

Chelsea have tracked Rudiger for some time and believe the player can be a good signing for the future and the present.