Chelsea are in contact with Jorge Messi - the father and agent of unsettled Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.Sport says Chelsea have taken proactive steps to make the most of the worsening crisis at Barcelona and have sounded out Jorge Messi about the prospect of Leo moving to London.

Messi is said to have fallen out with boss Luis Enrique after the manager started him on the bench for their defeat against Valencia.

And Chelsea want to know if Lionel would be open to Chelsea paying his £200m termination clause in his Barcelona contract.

The Blues' approach comes as a timeline on Monday has revealed showing Messi began following the official Chelsea Instagram account on the same day (Monday) that he cried off an open training session at Barca due to a stomach bug.