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According to reports this morning Chelsea have met with the South Korean star Chu-Young Park’s agents this weekend, and are now lining up an £8m bid for one of the best players at the World Cup.

TribalFootball reported: Monaco striker Chu-young Park is being linked with English champions Chelsea.

The worst has happened. It is being reported this morning that Ashley Cole has spoken to Carlo Ancelotti, and told him that he wants to leave England to get away from the flak over his acrimonious, and very public, divorce from Cheryl Cole.

A “source” told Sport of the World this morning: “It was a very amicable meeting, but Ashley made it clear that because of his personal situation he feels it is in his best interests to leave the club.

In a very strange turn of events, it seems the bookies have taken so much money on Fernando Torres to go to Chelsea that some bookies have stopped taking bets!

VitalFootball’s Chelsea site said this afternoon: Odds have gone in from 2/1 to 1/3 with some bookies that Fernando Torres will move to Chelsea this summer.

The Real Madrid and Holland midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart has issued a come-and-get-me plea to both Chelsea and Liverpool amid reports that he is unlikely to be guaranteed first-team football at Real Madrid next season.

The Dutchman says that he would like a move to the Premiership, and preferably at Stamford Bridge or Anfield. He said: “I have heard of the interest from Liverpool and Chelsea – and that is very flattering.

According to reports coming out of Portugal yesterday, the Benfica midfielder Ramires has decided that he wants to move to Chelsea, and the move will be completed “in the next couple of days”.

ESPN has spoken to a source in Portugal who said: “He has opted to go to Chelsea, and the deal can be done in the next couple of days, certainly by next week.”

It is being reported today that Chelsea are very close to signing the Brazilian star Ramires, who is currently playing at Benfica in La Liga Sagre.

Chelsea put in an official bid of 20m euros on Tuesday, and although Man City are reportedly interested as well, they haven’t made an official offer and Benfica are expected to make a decision in the next couple of days.

There were rumours last week that moneybags Man City had made a paltry £20m bid to take the Chelsea striker Didier Drogba to the Eastlands next season, which I obviously dismissed out-of-hand, but now it seems that Drogba’s agent has admitted that he has had direct contact with City representatives.

Thierno Seydi, said: “Today he’s at Chelsea. Maybe there will be surprises before August 31. I haven’t spoken to just anybody. The only contact I’ve had directly was with City.”

The ex-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has made Ashley Cole his top target since arriving at Real Madrid this summer, and the Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has heard that it is very likely that Cole will be his new team-mate next season.

He said: “From what I am hearing the signs look good.

“I have only briefly spoken to people at the club but I am confident that he can be a Real Madrid player next year.

The Chelsea transfer rumours are coming in thick and fast now that the World Cup is in its last minutes, and the two rumours that have been most prominent this summer is Chelsea’s pursuit of Sergio Aguero and Fernando Torres.

It seems to be a lot harder to prise Torres away from Liverpool, but it now seems that Aguero is ready to leave Atletico Madrid, and is still extremely keen on moving to Stamford Bridge, even if Torres arrives as competition!

Chelsea have been chasing the Porto and Portugal defender Bruno Alves for years, and they are now close to finally getting their man.

Alves has two years left on his contract at the Portugese giants, but has told the management that he is now ready to leave, and the Telegraph is convinced that he will going to Stamford Bridge.