Liverpool are among clubs watching Lewis Bate's situation at Chelsea.

The Daily Mail says Bate is subject of interest from four of their Premier League rivals.

The Chelsea future of England under-19 midfielder Bate is uncertain.

He has one year left on his current contract and is one of a number of Blues youngsters to have delayed signing a new deal to remain at Stamford Bridge.

That has alerted Liverpool, West Ham, Leeds and Southampton who have all expressed an interest in left footer Bate, 18.

Bate has been at Chelsea since the age of eight and progressed through the ranks, emerging as one of their standout performers at youth level, to the fringes of the first team.