Chelsea’s desire to recoup the £7million they paid for captain Cesar Azpilicueta has stalled talks with Barcelona.
The 32-year-old has already been offered a lucrative two-year contract with the Spanish club, but they are struggling to pay a fee. Chelsea owner Todd Boehly held face-to-face talks last week with Barca president Joan Laporta as they went over a number of prospective deals.
Barcelona have already offered contracts to Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso in the hope that they would be allowed to leave free of charge or for nominal fees.
Cesar Azpilicueta won every major trophy in his time at Chelsea after signing for £7m
However, Chelsea see no need to give assets away especially as high fees are being demanded for their own targets.