Chelsea make huge offer to hijack £34m deal after agreeing Man Utd transfer

Chelsea were prepared to pay the Dane a lot more than Atletico (Picture: Getty Images Europe)

Atletico Madrid

are confident of signing Sporting CP captain Morten Hjulmand despite

Chelsea

making a huge offer to bring him to Stamford Bridge.

The Denmark international has been on the radar of a number of top clubs around Europe with

Ruben Amorim keen to sign him for Manchester United

during his time in charge at

Old Trafford

.

Manchester City and Arsenal have been monitoring his situation

this summer with Mikel Arteta eager to sign another midfielder off the back of last season’s Premier League title success

with focus now on Bruno Guimaraes.

City’s director of football Hugo Viana, formerly of Sporting, is also said to be a big admirer.

Atletico have moved in for the 27-year-old however with

Cadena Ser

reporting they have agreed a fee of €40million (£34m) for his services.

Talks between all parties have accelerated in recent hours with optimism the deal will be completed soon.

That development comes despite Chelsea making a late move for the midfielder. The report adds the Premier League giants have in recent hours approached Hjulmand, making him a ‘higher financial offer’ than Atletico to lure him to west London.

Hjulmand prefers to join Atletico (Picture: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Hjulmand however is still set on joining Atletico despite Chelsea putting more money on the table.

Atletico also do not anticipate any problems getting the deal done.

Chelsea have already been spurned in their

attempts to sign another midfielder in Granit Xhaka

, a player Xabi Alonso previously coached at Bayer Leverkusen.

Chelsea considered Hjulmand after missing out on Xhaka (Picture: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

The Blues targeted the former Arsenal captain to bring some experience to their young squad with an £8m offer instantly rejected by Sunderland.

Their interest ended after the Black Cats made it clear the Switzerland international is not for sale with Xhaka since confirming his intention to stay.

Chelsea are on the brink of selling one of their current midfield stars having

accepted a £50million offer from Manchester United for Andrey Santos.

Chelsea have agreed to sell Santos to Man Utd (Picture: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

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