Chelsea will not take no for an answer after failing with a shock bid for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. Liverpool rejected a £35 million offer from Chelsea yesterday for Torres.

The Daily Mail says Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will not be deterred and is expected to return with an increased offer for the 26-year-old, who had a £50m get-out clause written into his Anfield contract last summer.

The Barclays Premier League champions have been admirers of Torres for many years and have now made a move to try to get their title bid back on track.

Chelsea will have to move quickly if they want to tie up a deal for Torres before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday, but it will take a huge offer to persuade Liverpool chairman John W Henry to sanction the sale.

Henry will be wary of a backlash from the Anfield faithful should they lose their talisman, while the likes of skipper Steven Gerrard would also see his departure as a sign that the club lacks ambition, and may even force him to consider his own future.

Torres's contract, which runs until the summer of 2013, is worth £110,000 a week but Chelsea could easily double that.