By Sami Mokbel

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Edinson Cavani will demand  parity with Chelsea’s top earners when he reopens talks with the European champions this week.

The Uruguay striker’s representatives will tell the London club he wants a pay deal worth 150,000 a week, which would put him on a par with John Terry, Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres.

You're our guy: Edinson Cavani is in talks with Chelsea over a move to London

You're our guy: Edinson Cavani is in talks with Chelsea over a move to London

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London calling: Cavani is part of Uruguay's Olympic team which take on GB

Cavani, who can leave Napoli for 35million, is one of the options being considered by Chelsea manager  Roberto Di Matteo as he looks to fill the gaping hole left by Didier Drogba.

Once the capture of attacking  midfielder Oscar is complete, the Blues will look to complete two more deals — expected to be a centre forward and a right back — before the transfer window closes.

Cavani, 25, who is also on the Juventus wanted list, has been watched by Chelsea for some time and scored against them in the Champions League last season.

Chelsea are also exploring moves for Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao and Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain.

Incoming: Oscar's move to Stamford Bridge is almost complete, as Sportsmail revealed

Incoming: Oscar's move to Stamford Bridge is almost complete, as Sportsmail revealed


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you are all forgetting this is a paper,he probably isn't demanding anything,I really think Chelsea need another striker as lulaku is still to young to play full term and the best thing for us and him is for him to go out on loan for a season,I think Chelsea should pay the extra and go for falcao,Torres and falcao as strike partners would be great I think

Who?

Would rather have Falcao

I am a Chelsea fan and if this story is true I don't want him anywhere near our team. How rude of him to put preconditions before negotiations have even commenced. In my opinion we should break the bank to get Falcao who would play with passion. I am stressing if this story is true leave Cavani alone. We want people come to Chelsea to win trophies and NOT for the pay cheque. - Louis, London, 17/7/2012 10:31----------------------Not many Chelski fans agree with you mate, unfortunately!

We want people come to Chelsea to win trophies and NOT for the pay cheque. - Louis, London, 17/7/2012 10:31 What - like Torres, Terry and Lampard who are all already accepting that paycheque? It doesn't seem to me that they care more about trophies than money as they are already demanding/taking that sort of money. If Cavani is to go to Chelsea then he wants to be seen as the number 1 striker at the club and as such wants parity with the other number 1 choices in their position. Simple really. Would you do a job that the guy next to you does for less money than him? Thought not....

Web a player demands something then you know that they're not the right player for the club.

Harryb Manchester, is not the case that Hazard's terms were met by Man. City, Manu, Chelsea? He choose Chelsea for footballing reasons he stated. He believes a move to Chelsea offers him the best prospect to develop as a footballer.

Falcao/ hulk required before the transfer window closes. Torres is very unpredictable, he failed to impress for a month when Didier Drogba was at African cup of Nations. We need a cover up. Lukaku plays too much deep , not a sharp striker though . Daniel Sturridge is very selfish , not a team worker . Failing which , Drogba's services shall be sadly missed despite having Torres in Squad .

Falcao is much more efficient & sharp than Cavan. Try Falcao plz

@Louis, London it says "His representatives will ask for £150k a week" so he has made no such demands, Sportsmail are estimating the price that they will ask for. I'd still go for Higuain personally because he showed that he could play less games and still be happy, which he will need to with Torres at Chelsea. He's scored around or over 1 in 2 for the past 4 seasons and that's with many appearances off the bench for Benzema and in a team that focuses mainly on Ronaldo. He is also younger and cheaper. But Falcao would be great because he has proved in 2 different leagues that he is just class.

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