Speaking in the German press, the Brazilian defender revealed: "The offer from Chelsea is the most concrete offer I've received so far. London would not be a problem for me. After all, it's not much colder than in Germany.''

Quite clearly, Lucio is concentrating on his football here!

And Bayer general manager Ilja Kaenzig has revealed that ongoing talks between Lucio and Chelsea were "no secret'' and added: "There's a chance he might be leaving this summer.''

Then again, there's a chance that any player could leave at any given time. Me thinks Chelsea may be used as bait to get Lucio his dream move to one of the Italian giants...