Christopher Nkunku on the radar of European giants as Chelsea look to offload ten players on permanent deals

Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku remains on the radar of Bayern Munich and is keen on a move to Germany, talkSPORT understands.

Nkunku is expected to leave Chelsea this summer following the £60million arrival of Joao Pedro from Brighton.

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Chelsea are seeking a permanent exit and have previously valued Nkunku at around £60m.

Bayern are looking for attacking reinforcements having missed out on both Florian Wirtz and Nico Williams.

Luis Diaz and Marcus Rashford have also been discussed as options.

Like Rashford, the appeal in Nkunku is his ability to play central or out wide.

The 27-year-old has struggled for consistency and minutes at Chelsea since joining Leipzig.

Nkunku has featured 60 times for the west London outfit since a £52m move from Leipzig in June 2023, scoring 18 times.

Chelsea’s last conversation with Bayern surrounded the potential for Nkunku to move to Germany and Mathys Tel to go the other way.

Tel has since joined Tottenham Hotspur on a permanent deal following his loan switch in the second half of the 2024/25 season, and since then another Bayern player heading to Stamford Bridge has not been discussed.

Chelsea are currently waiting to see if Bayern initiate formal contact over Nkunku.

The French international also has interest from Saudi Arabia, with Al Qadsiah making a recent and formative enquiry on the player side in order to understand whether he would be open to the Saudi Pro League.

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talkSPORT understands Nkunku would prefer to stay in Europe if he is to leave Chelsea.

Chelsea are also working on several other outgoings.

Arsenal will decide in the coming days whether to bid for Noni Madueke, who has already agreed personal terms.

French defender Axel Disasi is likely to depart, with Villarreal making an initial approach to the player, while Newcastle retain an interest.

Dortmund are in talks over a new season-long loan for Carney Chukwuemeka, although Chelsea would ideally prefer a permanent exit.

Joao Felix, Raheem Sterling, Armando Broja, Djordje Petrovic, Lesley Ugochukwu and Alfie Gilchrist are other players set to depart this summer.

It follows Kepa Arrizabalaga’s sale to Arsenal earlier this month following his loan spell at Bournemouth.

Bashir Humphreys has also made his move to newly-promoted Burnley permanent.

Meanwhile, Marcus Bettinelli joined Manchester City and fellow goalkeeper Lucas Bergstrom was released following the expiry of his contract.