CHELSEA have reportedly made a transfer offer of Olivier Giroud and cash for Lyon striker Moussa Dembele.
Blues boss Frank Lampard is searching for competition for 22-year-old Tammy Abraham with attackers Giroud and Michy Batshuayi likely to leave in the winter window.
According to Sky Sports, Lampard has identified Dembele as a target and sees similarities between the Frenchman and his former team-mate Didier Drogba.
Drogba, a prolific finisher and notoriously strong striker, was signed in 2004 for 24million from Marseille and went on to score 164 times in his nine years at Stamford Bridge.
Dembele has notched 10 goals in 18 Ligue 1 matches this season but failed to score in the Champions League.
The former Fulham and Celtic forward twice scored against Arsenal in the summer as Lyon won the Emirates cup, and has also attracted transfer attention from the Gunners.
Dembele left Celtic for France 18-months ago for 20m.
Chelsea No9 Abraham has notched 12 league goals in 19 games this season, but has stalled on agreeing a new Stamford Bridge deal.
Lampards search for further striking options has also taken him to RB Leipzig star Timo Werner.
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Leipzig are top of the Bundesliga and Werner is one behind 19-goal Bayern Munich hero Robert Lewandowski at the top of the scoring charts.
The Blues have also been looking at Jadon Sancho in Germany, with the Borussia Dortmund wideman their No1 target in the January sales.
SunSport revealed Chelsea bosses are preparing a transfer package in excess of 120m to bring the England winger to West London.
