Chelsea have stolen a march ahead of a number of top clubs in Europe to sign Napoli forward Edison Cavani in agreeing personal terms with the Uruguayan, according to Sky Italia reporter Tancredi Palmeri.
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Both Real Madrid and Manchester City have been linked with the 26-year-old. However, the 54m valuation of the player has not been met and only City have made a bid for the highly regarded frontman, Napoli's president Aurelio De Laurentiis revealed recently.
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But Palmeri revealed Chelsea have been in serious talks with the player.
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He posted on Twitter: "There are reports of Chelsea having found an agreement with Cavani over personal terms, pending an agreement with Napoli.
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"Checking my sources, from my side I can confirm that Chelsea had many talks with Cavani entourage in the very last days."
Cavani isn't playing well enough for Uruguay at the moment in the Confederations Cup but I just hope he steps up his game.