Chelsea are monitoring the situation of Torino defender Nikola Maksimovic.

The Daily Express says he has been reprimanded by the Serie A club for refusing to train at the weekend after being linked with a move to Chelsea.

Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has now warned the defender the Italian club will have the final say on any decision regarding his future.

"I don't know whether Maksimovic is making these mistakes by himself or whether he is just ill-advised, but I don't care either way," Mihajlovic told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"He will pay the consequences for this behaviour because he has damaged our club.

"He has a short memory - I was the one who launched his international career and just a few weeks ago I spoke to him frankly, from one Serbian to another. I guaranteed him an improved contract and favourable conditions in view of a future move.

"I told him that if he stuck with me this year, he would be wanted by the biggest clubs in Europe next year.

“He assured me that he was delighted to stay. I put my head on the line for him and now he just disappears and wants to leave.

"I feel like a betrayed man. For me, they are men before they are footballers, but he has betrayed everybody - the club, his team-mates, the fans and the coach. Now the ball is in the club's court because Maksimovic has a contract here and he cannot decide his destiny alone.

"If he is to stay then he has to know that he needs to win back everybody's faith twice: first as a man, then as a footballer."

Kalidou Koulibaly is Chelsea's No 1 target, but Maksimovic has emerged as a possible alternative to the Napoli star.