FC Porto rejected a bid from Chelsea for left-back Alex Telles in the January transfer window after being informed the player did not want to leave.
Chelsea wanted to increase Antonio Conte's options in the left wing-back position and eventually snapped up Emerson Palmieri from Serie A giants Roma.
However, it has now emerged the Premier League champions made a play to snap up Brazilian Telles from Porto.
According to Portuguese sports daily Record, Chelsea offered Porto €20m to sign the former Galatasaray man.
But Porto, assured by the player's agent that he did not want to leave the club, knocked back Chelsea's proposal.
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The Portuguese giants did not sleep easy however as they knew that Chelsea could have triggered Telles' €40m release clause and then tried to tempt the Brazilian to move.
Chelsea did not come back for the 25-year-old though and Telles is continuing with Porto for the second half of the campaign.
