Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta is wanted by a host of massive European clubs, according to Guillem Balague.

The Spanish football expert is of the belief that the versatile full-back is a summer target for the likes of Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, PSG and Manchester United but does not believe the Blues will offload him anytime soon.

Writing for Sky Sports, Balague suggested: "Some of the top clubs in Europe are after Azpilicueta's signature, not least because of his versatility in being able to play in both full-back positions with equal confidence.

"If Chelsea were willing to sell, the front runners would be Atletico Madrid.

"There are, however, a host of clubs and top-flight managers that would love to see the Pamplona-born defender join their ranks, not least Unai Emery who is, as we write, on the very verge of taking over from Laurent Blanc at PSG.

"Of course if he would like to go back to his roots, Athletic Bilbao and Ernesto Valverde would also be pleased to see him, qualifying as he does via his place of birth to play for the Basque side.

"Bayern Munich are also known to have made an inquiry and his ambidextrous qualities are also much sought-after by Barcelona.

"The problem there is that if Chelsea are going to sell him, to make it worth their while they will be looking for around 18m euros (£13.7m) for the utility full-back, considerably more than Barcelona were thinking of paying.

"And then of course there's Manchester United now under the rule of Jose Mourinho.

"Chelsea will however stick to their valuation primarily because they would be quite happy to see him stay at the club although they wouldn't stand in his way if they received an offer that they felt they couldn't refuse."