Chelsea are reportedly on the verge of sealing a £36 million deal for Benfica forward Angel di Maria, according to the News of the World.The tabloid claims that Carlo Ancelotti’s men sent former chief executive Peter Kenyon, who left the club at the end of last year but is close to the player’s agent Jorge Mendes, to Lisbon last week for negotiations.
The highly-rated Argentine has been linked with a number of clubs this season, including Spainish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, but Chelsea may have won the race for the 22-year-old's signature.
Indeed the report quotes a Benfica source as admitting: “Chelsea are very keen on a deal now before taking him [Angel di Maria] to London in the summer. He seems to be a top priority.
”The player himself, who joined Benfica in 2007, has previously been quoted as saying: “I'll stay a year [at Benfica] and then go to Chelsea".
Di Maria was in action in the Europa League in midweek, bagging a goal in only the fourth minute for the Portuguese side in their 1-1 draw away to Hertha Berlin.
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