Chelsea and Manchester United have both offered AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan an €8m a year (£132,000 a week) contract, according to journalist Alessandro Carra.

The France international is weighing up whether to leave San Siro this summer. He was expecting to receive a new lucrative deal from the Rossoneri as a reward for his excellent form but the departure of director Paolo Maldini means that may no longer happen, and Carra even claims that the Serie A club may now consider selling the player for as much as €80m (£69m) to €100m (£86m) in order to fund other transfer business:

“Chelsea and Manchester United are looking for a goalkeeper and have offered the player €8m a year… Maignan does not want to stay in a nebulous Milan and Milan’s idea would be to finance the entire market with the sale of Maignan… if an offer between €80m and €100m were to arrive.”

Maignan’s eye-watering price tag

Reports in the Italian media earlier this week had suggested that Chelsea were prepared to offer around €60m (£51.7m) for Maignan but Carra’s suggestion that they could want €20m to €40m more than that may put off the Blues from pursuing him.

The 27-year-old is a very talented keeper, but there are a number of cheaper options available on the transfer market.

Chelsea’s goalkeeper targets

In addition to Maignan, the club have been linked with Brentford’s David Raya. Although the Bees have been demanding £40m for the Spaniard, his agent has already spoken out to ask for his asking price to be lowered as he only has a year left on his contract.

Inter Milan’s Andre Onana is also another viable option, with talks expected to take place with the Nerazzurri about a number of transfers after the Champions League final. Valencia’s Giorgi Mamardashvili and Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel have been mentioned as additional targets.