SEVILLA’S Brazilian wing-back Daniel Alves is poised to sign for Chelsea after being left out of the squad for the first leg of its Champions League third round qualifying tie against AEK Athens yesterday.

Spanish media reported that Chelsea’s chief executive Peter Kenyon met representatives from Sevilla in Madrid on Tuesday and that the two clubs had agreed a basic fee of 32 million euros (US$43.47 million) plus an extra 4 million depending on results for the 24-year-old international.

Last week, the dynamic left back asked Sevilla to listen to offers from big clubs, including Chelsea and Real Madrid, saying he felt it was time for him to move on.

He then told Sevilla coach Juande Ramos that he was not ready to play in the game against AEK. If he had played he would have been unable to play for another team in the Champions League this season.

“Alves is not on the list,” Ramos told a news conference on the eve of the match. Alves has been one of Sevilla’s outstanding players in recent seasons and was a key figure in the team’s UEFA Cup triumphs in 2006 and 2007 and its King’s Cup victory last June.(SD-Agencies)