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Chelsea are desperate to complete the sale of the club before watching Antonio Rudiger become the latest star to walk away for nothing.

Barcelona have stepped up their bid to land the Germany international, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

Andreas Christensen is already set to join Barca — also on a free — with Chelsea blocked from securing new deals for any of their players due to sanctions placed on owner Roman Abramovich.

While the club’s hierarchy had already accepted Christensen was unlikely to commit his future to Stamford Bridge after claims he went back on a previously-agreed deal, there was growing hope that Rudiger would resist interest from Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain to sign a new