CSKA Moscow striker Fedor Chalov has popped up on Chelsea's radar.

The 21 year-old prolific goalscorer came close to joining Crystal Palace both last January and over the summer.

Sky Sports says Chalov is now interesting Chelsea.

Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich is a big fan of the player and hopes to bring him to London as early as January, that is if the appeal against their transfer ban succeeds. A verdict from the Court of Arbitration in Sport is due in December.

CSKA are now willing to sell Chalov ahead of the winter market.