Barcelona powerbrokers have hinted that Ronaldinho could be sold to Chelsea this week.

Txiki Beguiristain, Barca's sporting director, insisted yesterday that Ronaldinho was going nowhere, but other high-ranking Nou Camp sources dropped strong hints to the Spanish media that something might happen between now and Friday's closure of the transfer window.

One of the "big four" - Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o - could be leaving for as much as "70million euros", they have been told.