Ronaldo Chelsea talk resurfaces

The Brazilian superstar has been persistently linked with a blockbusting move to Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich believed to have offered the striker a double-your-money deal.

Talk of a move during January was continually evaded, as Ronaldo insisted he was fully focused on helping Real Madrid in their battle to secure silverware on three fronts.

However, money appears to be no object to Abramovich and he is believed to have made Ronaldo his number one transfer target for the summer.

The fire has been fuelled in Ronaldo's native Brazil by respected journalist Jorge Kajuru who claimed on his television programme that he has learned of the deal the striker has been offered.

Ronaldo's agent Rodrigo Paiva has moved to play down talk of a deal being offered, saying nothing will be decided until the summer.

"Ronaldo will not say anything about this at the moment," said Paiva. "He will only comment at the end of the season.

"He is fully concentrated on Real Madrid and is under contract until 2006.

"We have to wait, it is not worth answering these kind of questions at the moment."

Ronaldo was in London during January undertaking commercial work, which prompted talk of a deal being struck with Abramovich, and it seems that the rumours of a move to Chelsea are refusing to go away.