Chelsea are in advanced talks with French champions Paris St-Germain over the sale of defender David Luiz for about £40m.
The 27-year-old Brazil international joined the Blues from Benfica for £21.3m in January 2011.
He has made 143 appearances, featuring predominantly at centre-back but also as a defensive midfielder.
Luiz has three years left on a five-year contract he signed in September 2012.
The Brazilian has been the subject of interest from Barcelona in the last two summers, but French champions PSG - despite recently failing Uefa's financial fair play (FFP) rules - are set to break the transfer record for a defender to secure his services.
Chelsea only narrowly complied with FFP and see this as a sensible piece of business, given the profit it would generate.
Luiz is not part of manager Jose Mourinho's first-choice central defensive pairing and his exit would provide funds to strengthen in other areas.
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is among those linked with a move to Stamford Bridge.
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