Inter Milan have stepped up their talks with Chelsea over taking £50m striker Fernando Torres on loan next season.
Chelsea have already decided to get rid of the former Liverpool forward, who has scored just 44 goals since his British record transfer from Anfield in 2011.
The 30-year-old still has over two years left on his £175,000-a-week contract, but as Standard Sport revealed earlier this week, Chelsea are willing to listen to offers over a permanent move or a loan deal.
Inter had already confirmed their interest in Torres and are now in negotiations over taking him on loan. However, they are not prepared to pay his salary in full and are hoping Chelsea will agree to pay some of his wages.
The west London club have agreed to such a deal before when players like Hernan Crespo and Juan Sebastian Veron had also struggled to make an impact at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea players facing the axe
Chelsea need to make room in their squad for the signing of at least one striker in the summer, with Atletico Madrid star Diego Costa manager Jose Mourinho’s prime target.
But Mourinho will be hoping Torres can put all the talk over his future to one side tonight as he will lead the line against Paris Saint Germain due to Samuel Eto’o’s hamstring injury.
