Chelsea submit Deadline Day bid for Enzo Fernandez replacement

Chelsea have made a £38.5million bid for Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara as they search for a replacement for Enzo Fernandez.Manchester City are seeking to sign Fernandez from Chelsea, who have been working on a replacement.Camara is one option, and Chelsea have made a £38.5m bid for the Monaco man.While Camara is understood to be interested in a move to Chelsea, their current bid is not viewed as high enough by Monaco.Contact over Camara had cooled over the last day, but Chelsea still consider him a concrete option as a Fernandez replacement if the Argentine departs for City.Another midfielder of interest to Chelsea is the French midfielder Manu Kone.However, Roma are desperate to keep hold of the 25-year-old.The Roma manager Gian Piero Gasperini said on Monday that he and Roma are unprepared to lose Kone and that talk of interest from Chelsea is “a media thing”.However, Standard Sport understands there have been concrete talks between Chelsea and the player’s camp as well as Roma, just as with Camara’s representatives and also Monaco.