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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich can use the help of his close friend to secure the signing of David Alaba. The Blues are set to sit down with the Austrian international and his representatives in January, to discuss a potential move to Stamford Bridge.
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The super-agent reportedly earned around £5million from Chelsea during the summer of 2003 following the arrival of 11 new signings.
Two years later in 2005, Zahavi was accused of 'tapping-up' England internationals Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand, following approaches from Chelsea.
He has maintained a close relationship with Abramovich ever since and the pair could work together again to bring Alaba to Chelsea next year.
In September, former Bayern president Uli Hoeness labelled Zahavi a "greedy piranha" following his part in lengthy contract negotiations between the Bundesliga champions and Alaba.
Chelsea are set to enter transfer talks for David Alaba in January (Image: GETTY)
Bayern were desperate to extend Alaba's stay but president Herbert Hainer recently revealed the club have now withdrawn their latest offer, believed to be worth around £9.8million-a-year.
Hainer told BR Blickpunkt Sport at the start of November: "We have a new situation since this weekend. We submitted to David and his advisor some time ago what we think was a very good offer.
"During the last meeting we had said we wanted clarity by the end of October. We did not hear anything until yesterday and we contacted his advisor.
"The answer was that the offer was still unsatisfactory and we should think about it again. We then decided to take the offer completely off the table. This means there is no longer an offer."