Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali have arrived in Barcelona on Thursday evening to hold transfer talks with Barcelona.
Both sides have seen their transfer business this summer collide both in terms of incoming and outgoings, and now they are coming face-to-face for sit down talks in Spain.
Barcelona are keen on signing Chelsea duo Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta, while the Blues are believed to be interested in Manchester United-linked Frenkie de Jong.
De Jong is being monitored by the Blues despite Barcelona's insistence that they want to keep him at the Camp Nou, with claims in Spain suggesting Chelsea want a double Dutch deal this summer, bringing Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt to west London also.
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Chelsea and Barcelona are also both interested in Leeds United's Raphinha, with Barcelona running out of time to match the accepted offer of £55 million.
Claims in Spain suggested Alonso was ready to hand in a transfer request to force a move through, while there were hopes of the La Liga club agreeing a deal for Azpilicueta by the weekend.
Now co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali have been spotted landing at Barcelona Airport for talks with Barcelona which are set to be about Alonso, Azpilicueta and several other topics, which De Jong and Sergino Dest are likely to be brought up, as per reports.
Boehly and Eghbali were warmly welcomed with Boehly responding: "Good to see you guys!"
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He and his partner then got into a waiting vehicle to drive them to the restaurant where they were meeting Barcelona officials.
They were once again pictured by the local media arriving and were constantly quizzed about why they were meeting.
As Boehly stepped out of the car, he was asked about De Jong, but he smiled and stuttered: "We're, we're here for a meal!"
How long they will be in Spain for is unclear but the pair looked very light on luggage with Boehly holding lots of paperwork.
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Whether or not they would fly out to Barcelona to just talk about Azpilicueta and Alonso, who will not earn big transfer fees should they leave, could a possible swoop be on the cards for De Jong?
His agent is in London discussing a move to Man United but a switch to Chelsea cannot be ruled out at this stage.
Chelsea are expected to finalise their first piece of transfer business in the coming days with the arrival of Raheem Sterling.
He is set to join from Man City for a fee of £45 million plus add-ons.
Featured Image Credit: Twitter / COPETopics: Todd Boehly, Chelsea, Barcelona, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marcos Alonso, Frenkie De Jong
