Ligue 1 side OGC Nice are ready to rival Premier League giants Chelsea to try and sign Inter midfielder Cesare Casadei.

This according to Sky Sport Italia transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio, who reported on his homepage that the French club would be ready to make an even higher offer than the Blues to try and secure the signature of the 19-year-old.

Chelsea are already preparing to make a higher offer for Casadei than the one that Inter rejected last week, but they are now joined in the chase for the midfielder by Nice who are serious about trying to sign him ahead of the English side.

The French team will try to test the Nerazzurri’s resolve with a major offer, and they are even ready to offer more than Chelsea would to try and get a deal done.

Casadei has had no shortage of suitors both inside of Italy and among foreign clubs this summer, but now Nice are the latest to emerge.