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Arturo Vidal will reportedly cost Chelsea at least £56 million to prise away from Bayern Munich.
That's according to Chilean outlet El Mercurio (h/t Lucas Sposito of Sport Witness), who added Blues boss Antonio Conte has made phone calls to the player, whom the Chelsea board have given the green light to pursue.
The newspaper quoted an unnamed source as saying: "Chelsea have been following Arturo Vidal for a while. He’s one of the signings targeted by Conte and the board have agreed to take him to England."
The 29-year-old was one of Conte's first signings at Juventus in 2011, and the pair won three Serie A titles together in a successful spell before the Italian took over his national side.