Marcelo Bielsa has sanctioned the signing of Lewis Bate from Chelsea (Picture: Getty)Leeds United are closing in on the signing of Chelsea youngster Lewis Bate after the teenager rejected the offer of a new contract. Chelsea are said to want £40m for the England international, who can count Arsenal and West Ham among his suitors. He told talkSPORT: ‘He has gone on loan and done really well at Aston Villa, Swansea and came back to Chelsea, done well. They still don’t value him the way they should do and the way he feels he should be valued. ‘He didn’t play at the backend of last season and he is not in Thomas Tuchel’s plans obviously because he didn’t play.

Source: Metro July 20, 2021 14:03 UTC