CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love is wanted by Chelsea as a replacement for Didier Drogba.

The Times says the Brazil striker was on Luiz Felipe Scolari's list of targets before he was sacked last month, but the 24-year-old has also impressed Guus Hiddink, the interim manager, after enjoying a magnificent campaign in Russia last season, in which he scored 20 goals in 26 league matches.

Hiddink is adamant that he will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season, but will advise the club on transfer targets in the interim and has told Roman Abramovich that signing Vágner Love for £15 million would represent good business.

The Chelsea owner has close ties with CSKA because his former oil company, Sibneft, used to sponsor the Russian club and he would have little problem getting the deal done, which would frustrate Everton, who are preparing a renewed bid at the end of the season after a proposed loan move fell through last summer.