Chelsea Coming For Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Chelsea will step up their efforts to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain next week after securing a deal for Alvaro Morata. The Premier League champions paid a club-record fee to bring in Morata from Real Madrid on Friday, and Arsenal's midfielder is now in their sights.

Arsene Wenger has said he 100 per cent expects Oxlade-Chamberlain to stay at the Emirates, but the player is inside the final year of his contract. The 23-year this week told Wenger he has no intention of signing the extension currently on offer.

Arsenal play Chelsea in a Beijing friendly on Saturday before flying back to England, and the Blues plan to open talks about a transfer within 48 hours of the Gunners' Sunday return.

Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are also into the final year of their deals, but the German says his preference is to stay while Wenger insists Sanchez is not for sale.