Swansea City agree deal as part of Fernando Llorente switch but player not keen.
Chelsea have agreed to send Michy Batshuayi to Swansea City as part of a deal for Fernando Llorente, but the Belgian wants to join West Ham United instead, HITC Sport understands.
Batshuayi arrived at Chelsea from Marseille in the summer in a deal worth £31million, but he has started just one Premier League game and Antonio Conte wants other options.
Conte signed Llorente during his time in charge at Juventus and he clearly believes the big Spaniard is the ideal man to compete with his fellow countryman Diego Costa.
Fernando Llorente during his time at Juventus
Swansea are not keen on letting Llorente – who signed in the summer from Sevilla – leave the club, but they were more than happy to be getting Batshuayi on loan in the other direction.
However, HITC Sport understands that Batshuayi is far from convinced about a move to South Wales and West Ham are very keen to keep him in Lonon.
The Hammers are still interested in Jermain Defoe and Scott Hogan, but Batshuayi would be their first choice and they are pushing hard to try to broker a loan deal with Chelsea.
Chelsea would have no qualms about him joining West Ham, but they also want Llorente and are therefore trying hard to convince the striker to move to the Liberty Stadium until the summer.
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