Chelsea's bid for young-star rejected by Marseille

Chelsea have had a £5.4million bid for Marseille's Spanish international right back Cesar Azpilicueta rejected.

 Marseille want £8m for the 22-year-old and the European champions are likely to increase their offer for Azpilicueta in the next few days.

 The Blues have already splashed out almost £70million this summer, bringing in midfielders Eden Hazard, Oscar and Marko Marin. But they say they aren't finished yet.

 Speaking at the end of their pre-season tour in the US, chief executive Ron Gourlay said: "While we ended with a very strong season, it was clear that there were some areas where we did have to strengthen, so we knew we were always going to have to do that.

 "If the right players become available at the right time, we will sign them.

 "We've done that and we are still continuing to look at one or two positions and we will see how that develops over the next couple of weeks."

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