Dutch club Ajax want £20million for highly-rated defender Gregory van der Wiel.
The 22-year old Holland international is a target of Chelsea but the Blues are not the only club interested in his services with Bayern Munich also in the race.
But recent reports suggest that talks with the Germans have broken down and now Chelsea are free to go after van der Wiel but only if they are prepared to spend big.
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