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Chelsea step up efforts to sign Atletico Madrid's Filipe Luis
CHELSEA have stepped up their bid to sign Atletico Madrid left-back Filipe Luis and are ready to offer the Brazilian £78,000 a week.
Manager Jose Mourinho has turned to the Atletico Madrid left-back after stalling on moves for Southampton's Luke Shaw and Sevilla's Alberto Moreno because of the high prices being asked.
Filipe Luis , 28, has a £19.5 million buy-out clause in his contract and Chelsea are set to make an offer close to that figure.
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund have offered Chelsea £15m for Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku.
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