ligafinancial.de Chelsea Trending Today: Bid rejected for Lukaku, Defender on radar, Remy linked with exit by Jonas Hertz | July 31, 2016 Chelsea set to activate Benfica defender Lindelof's release clause of £25 The Blues are ready to trigger the £25m release clause of Benfica centre-back Victor Lindelof. New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is in the race for a defender this summer however The Italian has so far failed to sign any of his targets. Chelsea have been reduced out of a move for Juventus star Leonardo Bonucci, while Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly is proving equally valuable. As a result, as suggested by the Portuguese newspaper Record, The Italian manager is now ready to go for Swede defender Lindelof. Chelsea Trending Today: Costa approach rejected, Mahrez price, Top target posted a photo The young defender enjoyed a fantastic campaign for Benfica last season, and he is believed to have a bright future. Lindeloff has a release clause of £25m and Chelsea are now ready to meet it to push through a contract as soon as possible. Meanwhile, The Blues are ready to follow up the signing of N’Golo Kante with Valencia’s German star Shkodran Mustafi. The 25-year-old midfielder Kante agreed a five-year deal at Stamford Bridge in a contract worth £32m to become Antonio Conte’s second signing, after Belgium forward Michy Batshuayi. With a forward and midfielder now secured, Italian head coach Conte will turn his thought to a defender. The Italian manager was tracking fellow countryman and the ex-student Leonardo Bonucci. However, the defender is likely to stay with Juventus. So Conte will preferably focus on the landing of German defender Mustafi, as reported by The Mirror. The ex-Everton centre-back was an important member of Joachim Low’s Euro 2016 squad and already claim a 2014 World Cup winners medal. The Spanish side Valencia have managed to hold mega-money proposals for midfielder Andre Gomes, however, may be pushed to sell their talented 24-year-old star, who is rated at £25m. Chelsea have had £57m bid rejected for world-class star Lukaku as club demands record fee The Blues are hopeful of sealing the deal for Romelu Lukaku despite having seen a £57million offer turned down by Everton. Lukaku wants to return to Chelsea just two seasons after leaving them in a £28m transfer to Everton. The Toffees, however, want to make a huge interest from the transfer, and the Daily Mirror claim they will want around £75m from The Blues if they are to let him go. The Belgian International is popularly considered as one of the best young footballers in the game and netted an extraordinary 25 goals for Everton last campaign. Despite The Blues already landed Michy Batshuayi from Marseille last summer, head coach Antonio Conte is apparently keen to sign another top class striker. The Belgian star could be a top target for the team now after news that The Spaniard Diego Costa is going to miss the start of the new campaign due to injury. Merseyside Blues have been keen to keep the ex-Anderlecht star, however now seem resigned to losing him despite declining The Blues latest offer. Chelsea's out-of-favour top-class striker Remy linked with a move to Super Lig Turkish Super Lig champions Besiktas are back in the pursuit of signing Chelsea striker Loic Remy as per to the Turkish sports newspaper AMK. The source suggests that Besiktas are ready to make a loan offer for the French striker. The Turkish club have drawn up a shortlist of five forwards as possible replacements for Mario Gomez, who has chosen not to return to the Super Lig side over the summer. The German star was a top scorer in the last league campaign and played the main part in Besiktas winning the league. “The reason for this is completely down to the political situation,” the striker said on his Facebook page. There are no sporting or any other reasons that have made me make this decision. It is purely down to the terrible events that happened in the last few days.” The French striker does have another two-years left on his deal however he has battled for playing time and has been granted the permission to leave according to the The Super Lig champions Besiktas were firmly linked with Remy last year, but the ex-manager blocked him move. The strong forward has 12 goals and three assists in 47 games for Chelsea in all tournaments since joining from QPR in 2012. The Black Eagles acquired the league title last campaign and will play in the 2016-17 Champions League.