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Chelsea is keen to sign the 22-year-old, but there is said to be a difference in valuations between the two sides as things stand.

Chelsea would like to pay $67 million (£50 million) but Leipzig is demanding $81 million (£60 million).

While Leipzig has held discussions with Elliott's camp to assess whether or not he might be interested in moving to the Bundesliga, it would need to sell Simons first.

Though it is not short of cash — or certainly won't be when Benjamin Sesko completes a move to Manchester United worth up to $99 million (£74 million) — it would need to free up space on its roster to bring Elliott in.

In the winter window just gone, Leipzig paid PSG a fee of $58 million (£43 million) to make Simons' loan spell permanent.

It's something I still need to review.

"I need to have a talk with everyone and review the situation.

It's something I need to have a look at and decide."

Liverpool has spent a club-record $155 million (£116 million) on Florian Wirtz, an elite number 10, this summer
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