Chelsea now 'confident' of £25m deal after 'quick progress' at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea are increasingly confident that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will head to Stamford Bridge as ‘talks have progressed quite quickly’ over the Barcelona striker, according to Daily Star journalist Paul Brown.

Blues boss Thomas Tuchel has already spent more than £180million on bolstering his squad during the transfer window, but he could draft in further reinforcements ahead of the September 1 deadline.

According to Sky Sports, Chelsea are in advanced talks to sign Aubameyang and all parties are optimistic that the deal will be rubber-stamped.

The report suggests an agreement is close to being reached for the 63-cap Gabon international and the west Londoners could fork out as much as £25million.

It comes after Chelsea have reportedly failed with a £11.8million bid and lodged a cash-plus-player swap deal involving left-back Marcos Alonso.

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Barcelona would prefer to offload Aubameyang in a straight cash deal rather than securing Alonso.

If the 33-year-old heads to Chelsea, he will return to London just a matter of months after his Arsenal contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Brown understands that Chelsea are advancing in their bid to land Aubameyang ahead of the transfer window slamming shut.

The journalist believes the Blues will not face any issues when it comes to discussing the frontman’s salary expectations.

Brown told GIVEMESPORT: “I’m told talks progressed quite quickly over the last few days with Aubameyang. There’s a real chance now that he will join Chelsea.

“His personal terms are apparently not a problem. It’s just the clubs are having to agree the structure of the deal, which hasn’t quite happened yet, but it’s obviously not going to be an expensive