Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is closing in on a roughly $10 billion deal to sell itself to Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm, which would then take Walgreens private and likely break it up,

Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are jumping in premarket trading Tuesday, on a report that the troubled drugstore chain is nearing a deal with Sycamore Partners to be taken private for around $10 billion.

Sycamore Partners is nearing an acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance in a deal that could end the Deerfield-based drugstore operator’s tumultuous run as a public company.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is reportedly close to selling itself to a private equity firm in a $10 billion deal that would take the company private. The Wall Street Journal reported that Sycamore Partners would take Walgreens (Nasdaq: WBA) off the market in a deal that could be completed as early as Thursday if no major problems arise.

The Financial Times is reporting that Walgreens Boots Alliance would be split three ways if Sycamore Partners buys out the pharmacy chain.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is closing in on a deal with private-equity firm Sycamore Partners that would take the struggling drugstore chain off the public market for around $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.