Chelsea have been given a glimmer of hope in their bid to sign Ben Chillwell from Leicester this summer.
The west London club are already close to completing a £53million move for striker Timo Werner.
And boss Frank Lampard wants to continue his spending spree with the capture of England left-back Chillwell.
Leicester, who look set to qualify for next season's Champions League, were holding out for £80m for the 23-year-old.
But according to the Evening Standard, the Foxes may now be willing to accept a few closer to Chelsea's £50m valuation.
Chilwell is contracted to Leicester until 2024 but harbours hopes of joining a bigger club.
And Brendan Rodgers has been ruling the rule over potential replacements, including Southampton's Ryan Bertrand who has one year remaining on his contract.
Leicester resume their Premier League campaign next week with Rodgers side sitting third in the table.
And Chilwell spoke last month about how the former Liverpool and Celtic boss has brought a new attacking spirit to the side.
"The manager wants us to score a lot of goals and be exciting as a team," he said.
"I remember at Southampton we were 5-0 up and the gaffer said at half-time not to let up or ease up and to be clinical to try and get more goals.
"We are a clinical team this season with a manager who wants us to be so ruthless which has given us that edge that maybe we didn't have before."
Leicester travel to Watford next weekend for their first game since before the coronavirus crisis before hosting Brighton the following midweek.
Rodgers men then welcome Chelsea to the King Power Stadium in the FA Cup quarter-final.
