Chelsea Transfer News: Blues To Rival Man City For Zlatan Ibrahimovic?

by Joseph Dempsey

Daily Star. The Swedish international has had a falling out with PSG manager Laurent Blanc over the signing of Edinson Cavani. The French champions will fork out £54 million for the Napoli striker and hand him a bumper contract, and Ibrahimovic isn't pleased. The 31-year-old could now quit the Parc des Princes, just one year after signing from Milan, and that has put Chelsea and City on alert, both of whom are in the market for a new striker this summer. The Blues have been left frustrated in their recent efforts to bring in more firepower having missed out on Cavani, as well as Radamel Falcao and Neymar. Manager Jose Mourinho is looking to offload Demba Ba and needs a replacement. There are also doubts over the long-term future of Fernando Torres, who only scored one Premier League goal in 2013. Ibrahimovic was in phenomenal form last season, firing his side to the Ligue 1 title with 30 goals in 34 appearances to become the top goalscorer in France. Mourinho may face competition from City however, who are still looking to replace Carlos Tevez, while Real Madrid are also understood to be interested.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.