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Chelsea star SNUBS summer move to Real Madrid
FILIPE LUIS has turned down the chance to join Real Madrid, according to reports in Spain.
Filipe Luis Player Profile
The left-back found himself frozen out of the first-team picture after joining from Atletico Madrid last summer in a £16million deal.
Luis has been talked up with a move back to La Liga, with Spanish paper Marca claiming a reunion with Atletico could be back on the cards.
But the same paper has now suggested Luis has turned down an offer from Atletico's arch rivals Real.
Los Blancos are thought to have put the feelers out to establish whether he would be interested in leaving the Premier League.
Filipe Luis has rejected a move to Real Madrid
They claim that Luis has no desire to leave Chelsea and refused Real point blank, even though reports indicated he is supposedly unhappy at Stamford Bridge.
Luis is currently on international duty with Brazil ahead of the Copa America.
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