Chelsea have jumped into the battle for wantaway Monaco winger Thomas Lemar.

L'Equipe says the Blues have joined Liverpool and Arsenal in the race to sign Lemar in January.

Chelsea are set to turn to the forward in a bid to bolster their threadbare attacking options.

Both the Reds and Gunners launched bids in the region of £80m-90m for the 22-year-old in the summer, but were unsuccessful.

Earlier this season, Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev revealed Arsenal came very close to landing Lemar… closer than Liverpool, at least.

Vasilyev claimed: “Liverpool were really interested. But it was Arsenal that was really close to finalising deal."

Chelsea are moving for Lemar as they seek to add more pace to their attack.