TBR Football can reveal that Chelsea have again been offered Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo; however, we understand they would rather land his central defensive colleague Eric Garcia.

Chelsea held talks about landing Fermin Lopez in the summer, and TBR Football can now reveal that the Blues also enquired about Marc Casado at the same time.

But it wasn’t just Fermin and Casado that Chelsea asked about; they also checked on the former Manchester City defender Garcia.

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The 24-year-old is also out of contract at the end of this season, which has piqued Chelsea’s interest and led them to ask about the defender.

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Barcelona are deep in talks with Eric Garcia over a new long-term deal, and they are confident he will soon put pen to paper.

But sources have told TBR Football’s chief correspondent, Graeme Bailey, that Chelsea would be open to luring him away should he fail to agree terms. Tottenham remain keen on Garcia after asking about him in January.

Barcelona have been assessing which players they could offload to help ease their precarious financial position.

That has seen a number of their players become the subject...