Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is ready to offer £45 million to land Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery. The People says Ancelotti has told fans he will not be signing anyone and vowed to run naked around the club's training ground if he was lying.

But the Italian has previous when it comes to misleading statements and Bayern Munich star Ribery is his No.1 target.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich has given Ancelotti the cash and wants him to spend big as the Premier League leaders look to strengthen during the lifting of their transfer ban.

And Ribery is now the first-choice target as Chelsea know he will go elsewhere if they do not land him in the New Year - with the FIFA suspension hanging over their heads and possibly kicking in from next summer.