Daniel Sturridge nightmare stint at SW6 could be over as the striker mulls over a possible move.
Signed by the Blues in 2009 for a tribunal agreed fee of £3.5m, the hit-man was farmed out to Bolton Wanderers last season.
In 26 games for Chelsea he scored 1 goal while for the Trotters he plundered eight in 12.
It's that strike rate that has so impressed Stoke's Tony Pulis who will table a £5m offer for the 21-year-old.
Chelsea are reluctant to sell on talent under the age of 23, but with so many strikers ahead of Sturridge and the arrival of Neymer and Falcao won't have helped, it's believed the forward will make it clear to the hierarchy that his future is away from SW6.