Chelsea are set to make Aleksandr Golovin their first signing of the summer, fighting off competition from Arsenal and Juventus, according to reports.

Up until Thursday night, Juventus were seemingly in pole position to sign the Russian 22-year-old. Di Marzio reported that the Italian side initially made an offer of €17m plus bonuses, then upped this offer to €19m plus bonuses with a 10% sell on fee. CSKA refused to budge though, insisting that Golovin is worth closer to €30m.

Then, Fabrizio Romano revealed that Chelsea had started talks for the player, and that Juventus were reluctant to make another bid. Suddenly, the whole picture started to change.

Goal’s Nizaar Kinsella tweeted that ‘Golovin will be Chelsea’s first signing of the summer’. He added that Juventus were ‘stunned’ by the London club stealing a march on them. The Blues reportedly impressed CSKA by coming in quickly and offering much closer to the €30m asking price, after weeks of talks with Juventus.

Last week, the Russian media brought Arsenal back into the race for the player. Sport-Express wrote that Arsenal had ‘again joined the fight’ for Golovin. Their sources claimed scouts from the club gave Unai Emery all the information on the player, and the new head coach then ‘gave the go-ahead for the transfer’.

Unless Arsenal are willing to match Chelsea’s enthusiasm for the deal though, it’s not looking likely the Russian will end up at the Emirates this summer.