Chelsea is closely monitoring Milan's contract talks with Leao

Chelsea has been encouraged to arrange discussions on AC Milan's ace, Rafael Leao.

The Portuguese attacker is one of the potential targets of moving Blues was required by the club's new owners.

The 23-year-old is talking about extending the contract with Milan for a while now, and advanced conversations led Chelsea to cool her interest at the beginning of the deadline.

But, Chelsea's new bosses are monitoring Leah's status again, opening the door for a closer look at the situation and finally closing a deal.

Italian media wrote yesterday of Leao has demanded an annual salary of 7m euros, one that has not liked Milan's directors, who have approached him with a markedly smaller salary -- about 4.5m euros in the season.

The striker currently has 1.7m euros paid and the 150m-euro release clause.