Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy has turned down interest from Chelsea and informed club bosses he has no intention of leaving this summer, it has been claimed in the media this week.
Guirassy has been a revelation across a magnificent debut season with Dortmund, having swapped Stuttgart for the Westfalenstadion, scoring 32 goals in his opening 43 games.
His performances over the past few seasons has caught the attentions of Chelsea, who have struggled to find a goal-scorer that has the ability to score 30-plus goals a season ever since the days of Diego Costa and Didier Drogba.
The transfer window means that the Blues hope to bring in greater support for Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer in the goalscoring department and Guirassy finds himself on a shortlist of possible targets at Stamford Bridge, along with the likes of Liam Delap, Benjamin Sesko and Hugo Ekitike.
However, Bild suggests the Blues will be forced to look elsewhere for a new centre-forward given Guirassy has ‘clearly committed’ his future to Dortmund for next season.
Reporter Iomie Stanley told icfootballnews: ‘If this is true, if Guirassy has decided that he would like to stay in the Bundesliga rather than coming to the Premier League at this stage of his career, it is probably the right decision to make.
‘His style suits the Bundesliga, it suits Dortmund and he could really struggle to make an sort of impact on the Premier League in that Chelsea side, who play a completely different way to the German side.
‘Chelsea will probably sign a new striker in the summer window, they would be fools not too because what they have right now is solid, but not good enough.
‘It will be interesting to see what Enzo Maresca gets, but Guirassy is a player that is right for the Bundesliga and not the Premier League.
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