chelsea have made an offer for fc tokyo's 22 year old forward yoshinori muto, according to club president naoki ogane the japan international, who has played for the j league side since 2013, will join chelsea's dutch partner club vitesse arnhem on loan next season if he completes a move to stamford bridge this summer ogane claims that chelsea's interest in muto is not connected to the £200million sponsorship deal they signed with japanese company yokohama rubber in february fc tokyo forward yoshinori muto (centre) brings the ball forward against albirex niigata in march  fc tokyo president naoki ogane claims that chelsea have made a bid for japan international muto  muto tussles with yuji nakazawa of yokohama fmarinos during a j league clash last month  age: 22  club: fc tokyo  appearances: 37  goals: 16  international caps (japan): 11  international goals: 1  did you know? muto graduated from keio university in tokyo with an economics degree two weeks ago  speaking to sports nippon, ogane said: 'it is true that chelsea sent us an offer for muto 'it is a formal offer with conditions they want to acquire him in the summer' muto, who only graduated from keio university a fortnight ago after completing an economics degree, would be the first japanese player to represent chelsea if he moves to west london he has earned 11 caps for his country after signing his first professional contract in 2014, scoring once for the samurai blue a £4million deal for the youngster has been mooted, but muto admits that he isn't sure if he will join the premier league title chasers despite being pleased with their bid he said: 'i have not decided yet at all it is an honour for me to receive this offer from a great club' muto scored 13 times in his debut season with fc tokyo and was named in the j league's best xi muto admits it is an 'honour' to receive an offer from chelsea although he has not yet decided to join the club  muto, pictured in action against ventforet kofu has scored three goals in four games so far this season  the 22 year old has a shot at goal during japan's asian cup match against palestine in january this year  he has continued his fine form during the current campaign, helping his club to third place in the division with three goals in four games yokohama rubber   one of the world's largest tyre manufacturers   will become chelsea's official shirt sponsors from the start of the 2015 16 season the initial five year deal is the biggest in the club's history, with the blues now considering a two week pre season tour of japan this summer
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naoki ogane says that chelsea have made an offer for yoshinori muto  the 22 year old forward has one goal in 11 games for japan  muto admits that it is an 'honour' to receive an offer from the blues  chelsea have signed a £200m sponsorship deal with yokohama rubber  muto graduated from university with an economics degree two weeks ago  he would become the first japanese player to sign for chelsea 