Chelsea won't break bank to sign up Franck Ribery

Weighing it up: Chelsea have been heavily linked with Franck Ribery
11 April 2012

Chelsea are determined not to get involved in a bidding war with Real Madrid over Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery in January.

The club are still weighing up whether they will try to make another attempt to sign the France international, who was their No1 target last summer.

Bayern rejected bids from Chelsea and Real Madrid in the off-season but may sell Ribery in the new year as he is refusing to sign a new deal and has been unsettled by all the speculation.

The German club claimed they had turned down an offer of £58.5million plus Jose Bosingwa from Chelsea for the 26-year-old in the summer but sources suggest it never got that high. It is understood Chelsea made a bid in the region of £40m and are not prepared to go much higher.

Ribery's first choice has always been Madrid and they remain the favourites because they are prepared to pay a lot more, although they would prefer to wait until next summer to buy him.

Chelsea received a boost ahead of their Champions League match at Porto tomorrow after Michael Ballack, Deco and Didier Drogba came through training yesterday unscathed following injury.

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