Chelsea Make Alves Bid
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Radio Marca claim that Chelsea have tabled a 23 million bid in order to sign Daniel Alves.
The Blues upped the ante to land Sevilla wing-back Daniel Alves late on Monday evening.
The discussions between Sevilla and Chelsea began over the transfer of Khalid Boulahrouz, with the Uefa Cup winners looking to seal a 5-6m euro move for the Dutchman.
And agreement over the former Hamburg man is said to be close, but the Blues took the opportunity to make a 23 million euro approach for the Brazilian wing-back.
Sevilla have refused the bid for the moment, insisting that they want 25 million euros. However a difference of 2 million euros is unlikely to stand in the way.
Peter Kenyon tried to make Boulahrouz a part of the deal, but Sevilla president Del Nido wants to keep the two deals separate, supposedly because should Daniel Alves leave, he would rather sign a specialist right back, and not the Dutchman.
However, what seems clear is that Chelsea have decided to move for La Liga's best right-back. The radio report seems to be consistent with Del Nido's rather public 25 million demand for Alves, made a while ago.
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Sevilla are apparently interested in Bouhlarouz but didn't want him as part of this deal. Chelsea have offered 23m Euros (£15.1m) but Sevilla want 25m Euros (£16.5m). Even if they agree in a price I doubt the move will go through yet without Madrid fighting it to the death.
In another story Sevilla have also been linked with Ujfalusi from Fio who has refused to commit to a new contract and Aitor Ocio may find his way to Bilbao after the elections there.