Inter Milan are preparing to stun Chelsea with a £50m bid for Diego Costa.
According to a report on TalkSPORT the Italian side have identified the former Atletico Madrid striker as the man to lift the club out of the doldrums which led to the recent sacking of Frank de Boer.
Costa is under contract with Chelsea until June 2018 but the club are believed to be ready to discuss a new contract early in the new year.
Despite regular speculation that he fancies a return to Spain Costa has responded well to the appointment of Antonio Conte and has scored 10 times in the Premier League while helping Chelsea to six successive wins.
Stefano Pioli has taken over as manager but with the club sitting in 12th place in Serie A and suffering defeats from Hapoel Beer Sheva at home and away in the Europa League big changes are in store at the blue and black half of the San Siro.