CHELSEA TRANSFER TALK

Chelsea will have to pay £80m if they want to sign Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich, the German club have told Chelsea. (Mail)

Deco could be on his way to the San Siro if Inter Milan fail to land their preferred target, Alex Hleb from Barcelona. (Mail)

Striker Franco Di Santo is likely to join Blackburn on loan for the coming season (Mirror)

Aston Villa have not received an offer for Ashley Young, despite the club admitting they would listen to bids of around £25million. Chelsea and Tottenham are both thought to be interested, although Spurs' chances are low as they are direct rivals. (Times)

Chelsea are close to completing a deal with MFK Kosice to bring Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic to Stamford Bridge. The player has agreed a four-year deal and a £5m transfer fee. (The Sun)

John Terry has been told a decision over his future must be made before Chelsea leave for their pre-season tour to America on Thursday. (Express)

Carlo Ancelotti has met with John Terry to discuss rumour of a move to Man City and believes the defender is happy to stay at Chelsea despite rumours of a £300,000-a-week salary offer. (Sun)

Chelsea could take advantage of the Middlesbrough fire sale to snap up England Under-21 star Andy Johnson - a target for Real Madrid last season - for as little as £8 million. (Mail)

Carlo Ancelotti is prepared to let defender Michael Mancienne re-join Wolves on another 12-month loan deal.

Chelsea have announced the £18 m signing of CSKA Moscow's Yuri Zhirkov.

When Carlo Ancelotti officially takes over at Chelsea on Monday he will be handed a £60 million transfer kitty - Franck Ribery remains his first choice. (Star)

Chelsea will consider letting John Terry join Manchester City if they table an offer of £45 million and the captain hands in a transfer request. (NOTW)

Ashley Cole is ready to sign a new contract that is likely to see him end his career at the club.

Chelsea are still in the hunt for AC Milan's Brazilian forward Pato. (Sun)

Daniel Sturridge, Yuri Zhirkov and Ross Turnbull will become Carlo Ancelotti's first signings at Chelsea. (Mirror)

Florent Malouda snubbed a move to AC Milan to sign a new deal with Chelsea.

Arsenal have offered Emmanuel Adebayor to AC and Inter Milan to prevent the 25-year-old from joining Chelsea. (Mirror)

Chelsea could be ready offload Didier Drogba to AC Milan as part of a deal to lure Alexandre Pato to Stamford Bridge. (Star)