Chelsea are hoping a swap deal will tempt Inter Milan into offloading Lautaro Martinez, according to Doble Amarilla.

The Argentinian website claims that the Blues were prepared to pay €100m (£84m) for the World Cup winner before the transfer window closed last month.

However, they have now returned with another proposal which would make the move more financially viable for the London club.

Doble Amarilla report that they are “offering three players” – Mykhailo Mudryk, Carney Chukwuemeka and Benoit Badiashile.

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Despite costing a combined £141m to sign, the trio have had limited game time under the current head coach this season.

Mudryk has started just one Premier League game and, even in that match, he was substituted at half-time during the 6-2 win over Wolves. He didn’t even make it off the bench against Bournemouth last weekend.

Badiashile has struggled to find his best form over the past 12 months and, despite playing the full 90 minutes in the two legs of the Conference League playoff against Servette, he hasn’t played in the Premier League so far. He wasn’t in the matchday squad for the draw versus Crystal Palace.

The situation is even more bleak for Chukwuemeka. The midfielder has failed to make the bench for any of Chelsea’s matches.

Martinez has only recently signed a new contract

The main reason that fans should take this story with a very large pinch of salt is the fact that the striker only put pen to paper on a new five-year deal last month.

If Martinez was seriously contemplating leaving Inter, there is no way he would have signed on the dotted line. It seems that a swap deal is very unlikely to happen all things considered.

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