The Monaco star enjoyed a remarkable 2016/17 campaign as Leonardo Jardim"s men won Ligue 1 and reached the Champions League semi-finals.
And he"s since been heavily linked with a big-money switch to join Antonio Conte"s Premier League title-winning squad ahead of next season.
Starsport understands United boss Jose Mourinho has made an attempt to hijack the Bakayoko deal and take him to Old Trafford instead.
And the 22-year-old has poured fuel on the transfer speculation fire by signalling he"d rather end up there than at Stamford Bridge.
On his verified Twitter account, Bakayoko quoted a tweet at 00:21 BST which included a story about him going to Man Utd.
And alongside it he simply wrote: "Oui ca", which translates in English to "yes it".
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Bakayoko may have realised the fury he"d cause among Chelsea fans by leaving the tweet up and he subsequently deleted it.
Alternatively, he could have meant to write a longer message and posted it too early before deleting it.
Where Bakayoko will end up before the transfer window closes remains to be seen.
But Conte and Mourinho look set to battle it out for his signature in the wake of his now deleted tweet.
