Chelsea are set to secure closer ties with Danish giants FC Copenhagen.

The Daily Mail says Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's son Arkady at FC Copenhagen.

Abramovich jnr appears to be on the verge of following his father into football club ownership after having lunch last Saturday with one of FC Copenhagen's main backers, in what is being viewed as an opening gambit in a likely takeover bid.

He met Carsten Koch, chief executive of Loenmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond, at the city's Cafe Victor to discuss the pension fund's 30 per cent stake in Denmark's leading club.

"Right now, we are not really sales-oriented," Koch said, before adding that "should someone come with the right price, it could well be."

Any suggestion that Abramovich snr may be trying to add the Danish champions to his purchase of Chelsea in 2003 was ruled out by Federation president Allan Hansen, who said: "We are aware of the interest in FC Copenhagen by Arkady Abramovich. It would not be possible for his father to be involved in a takeover, because any individual is only allowed to own one club."