Chelsea poised to trump City on Zouma target

St Etienne defender set for Stamford Bridge?

We revealed early last month that City were at the table for St Etienne’s exciting young central defender Kurt Zouma.

City are ready to go as high as £12m for the 19-year-old, who has also attracted the interest of United and Barcelona.

But it would appear Chelsea are now in the box-seat after holding weekend talks with his club, with a view to a January move.

They are believed to have offered the French club £13m PLUS two loan players from their academy to steal a march on us and the rest.

This is an excerpt from That Kun Aguero blog - read the full story here.