Real Madrid and Chelsea are going head-to-head for AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato.
Tuttosport says encouraged by Milan intermediaries, Real and Chelsea are laying the groundwork to land the Br azil international this summer.
Pato could obtain a European passport through Italian ancestors from Panama, so making his sale smoother for Milan.
Rossoneri patron Silvio Berlusconi, meanwhile, declared publicly yesterday that Pato would not be sold.