Senior figures at Chelsea have met with one of China's richest companies, who are desperate to invest in a Premier League club.
Sportsmail can reveal the HNA Group — a Fortune Global 500 company with annual revenue of more than £20billion — have sent representatives to Stamford Bridge as they continue to search for an avenue into English football.
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck met several members of HNA's mergers and acquisitions team on January 7, the day before Chelsea beat Peterborough United 4-1 in the FA Cup.
The group also attended the Peterborough match, sitting in the directors' box and posing for pictures with a replica Premier League trophy in an executive bar at Stamford Bridge.