Chelsea has repeatedly been talked about as one of the potential destinations for Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho.
On Monday, news coming out of Spain explained the 27-year-old’s agent, Kia Joorabchian, is ‘already in talks’ with the Blues over a move.
However, there was no mention of a potential structure of the deal.
Sport on Tuesday brings more on this.
In England, and in some Spanish publications, it’s been reported Chelsea could offer around €80m for the Brazilian.
Sport state Chelsea are ready to start negotiations, and they believe all Premier League interest is on the basis of a loan. They would be ready to pay a loan fee of €13m to Barcelona and also take over the player’s salary.
Barcelona would prefer a mandatory purchase option, although it could be unlikely they’d get one. Regardless, Sport say a buying option of €60m next summer would be enough for the Catalan club not to post a loss.