Jorginho is likely to leave Chelsea, with the club prioritizing new contracts for N’Golo Kante and Mason Mount

Chelsea mid­field­er Jorgin­ho could leave the club on a free loan at the end of the season.

The Ital­ian mid­field­er’s con­tract expires after the cur­rent Pre­mier League cam­paign ends.

Accord­ing to The Tele­graph, the Blues want to end his deal in favor of N’Go­lo Kante and Mason Mount.

Jorgin­ho is now free to nego­ti­ate with clubs abroad and is report­ed­ly more like­ly to return to Serie A or move else­where than remain at Stam­ford Bridge.

Unless Chelsea per­suade him to stay with a big deal.

He joined Napoli for €56m in 2018 and helped them win the Cham­pi­ons League, Club World Cup, Europa League and UEFA Super Cup.

How­ev­er, like many oth­er play­ers, he has been sub­par this season.

The Blues have a num­ber of play­ers whose con­tracts are expir­ing and are expect­ed to agree deals with two oth­er midfielders.

Kante has yet to play under new man­ag­er Gra­ham Pot­ter due to injury, but is con­sid­ered one of the best in the world at this position.

Bruce believes he’s more like­ly to agree to a new con­tract than to leave as a free agent this summer.

Mean­while, Mount is under con­tract until the end of next season.

Chelsea want to re-sign the Eng­lish play­er and avoid the risk of him mov­ing to anoth­er club.

Bruce is already look­ing for an Ital­ian replace­ment and has list­ed five can­di­dates, includ­ing Eng­land duo Jude Belling­ham and Declan Rice.