Wolfsburg chief Klaus Allofs says they're close to signing Chelsea winger Kevin de Bruyne.

Chelsea have been reluctant to let De Bruyne go on a permanent deal, even though he has fallen out of favour under Blues boss Jose Mourinho.

"It's not that we can confirm the deal just yet, but we are no longer so far apart with Chelsea that we can't bridge the differences," Allofs said in the Wolfsburger Nachrichten newspaper.

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