Chelsea transfer news: Loic Remy bid rejected as Tottenham face competition for Saido Berahino

In demand: Loic Remy tracked by Foxes
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Simon Johnson27 January 2016

Leicester want Loic Remy to boost their Premier League title bid and have had a £7.6 million bid rejected for the Chelsea striker.

Claudio Ranieri’s side are determined to add a back-up forward to Jamie Vardy for the run-in and, as Standard Sport revealed last week, expressed an interest in Charlie Austin before he left QPR for Southampton.

Remy is set to depart Stamford Bridge after Alexandre Pato arrived today in the capital to complete a loan switch from Corinthians.

Remy, 29, has started just one League game this season and wants to move to improve his hopes of getting into the France squad for Euro 2016.

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Chelsea signed him for £10.5m from QPR in 2014 and, as this paper revealed this month, they are not prepared to make a loss on his sale.

Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Swansea have also expressed an interest, although the former signed Emmanuel Adebayor yesterday.

It is understood Newcastle are only interested in taking Remy on loan for the rest of the campaign. He is also their second option because they are still optimistic of signing Saido Berahino for £18m from West Bromwich Albion.

Newcastle are under the impression Albion will agree to sell the England Under-21 international this month, despite wanting £30m.

It is why Tottenham, who failed with a £25m offer in the summer, are also set to make another bid for him before the transfer window closes on Monday night.

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