European giant ‘starts talks with Jamie Gittens’, as Chelsea face serious threat for £55m Borussia Dortmund star

A high European membership have ‘began talks’ with Borussia Dortmund star Jamie Gittens in a transfer that would put Chelsea on pink alert.

Gittens, 20, has been closely linked with a transfer away from Dortmund after scoring eight targets within the Bundesliga final season.

After being a part of the academy set-ups at Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis, Gittens opted to up sticks and transfer to Germany in 2020 to signal for Dortmund.

Now, having loved a breakout marketing campaign in 2024-25, he has been courted by a few of Europe’s high golf equipment.

Whereas Chelsea are mentioned to be in rivalry to signal the winger, they may face stiff competitors from Dortmund’s home rivals Bayern Munich for his signature.

In line with Kicker, the Bundesliga champions are ‘mentioned to be in talks with the participant’ after their sporting director Max Eberl left the Membership World Cup early to maintain switch enterprise.

The information will come as a blow to Chelsea, who could now face stiff competitors for his signature

The outlet reported that Bayern are taking a look at providing £55million for the England U21 star, which may end in a ‘bidding struggle’ with the Blues.

Though Gittens has made 11 appearances at worldwide stage for Lee Carsley’s aspect, he isn’t a part of the European Championship squad that reached the semi-finals of the event on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Spain.

He’s as an alternative taking part within the Membership World Cup for Dortmund, the place he was an unused substitute of their 4-3 win over South African aspect Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday.

That has put Niko Kovac’s aspect in with a robust likelihood of qualifying for the knockout phases of the newly-expanded event.

They know {that a} win in opposition to in opposition to South Korean aspect Ulsan of their ultimate group recreation will likely be sufficient to safe their protected passage to the following spherical.

Regardless of their reported pursuit of Gittens, Chelsea suffered a setback of their makes an attempt to maneuver into the last-16 after a disappointing 3-1 defeat by Flamengo on Friday evening.

Having regarded in management after Pedro Neto opened the scoring within the first half, Enzo Maresca’s aspect imploded in a six-minute spell that noticed them concede two targets and have Nicolas Jackson despatched off solely 4 minutes after he had been substituted on.

It means the west London aspect would require a victory in opposition to ES Tunis to make sure of their very own spot within the knockout phases.