Twomey: The success of Chelsea’s recruitment model depends just as much on their ability to sell profitably as it does on buying intelligently. Every player who is not absolutely integral to the team Maresca is building has a price, and Madueke has never managed to make himself indispensable at Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal are understood to have tabled a bid of £50m including add-ons for the 23-year-old as Mikel Arteta seeks to bolster his Gunners squad ahead of the new season, with the aim to bring in new faces in time for the club’s tour of Asia later this month.

Parma are understood to have made initial enquiries over the potential signing of Arsenal attacking midfielder Fabio Vieira. The 25-year-old Portugal international recently returned to north London following a season-long loan at Porto. Vieira joined the Gunners in June 2020 in a deal worth up to £34.2million including add-ons.