EXCLUSIVE: Paris Saint-Germain plotting £15m summer swoop for Branislav Ivanovic

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN want to inflict further misery on Chelsea with a £15 million summer move for defender Branislav Ivanovic.

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Branisav Ivanovic has an impresisve goal-scoring record for the Blues, netting 31 times

Laurent Blanc's side knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League on Wednesday as they recovered from having Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off to go through to the quarter-finals on away goals.

But now Blanc has targeted key defender Ivanovic, 31, as one of the players he wants to recruit to strengthen his side at the end of this season.

Ivanovic, who has been ever present this season for Chelsea in key games, has been offered a new one year £90,000-a-week deal by the club and, as Express Sport has reported, manager Jose Mourinho is lobbying his board to give the Serb a longer contract.

Ivanovic has a year left on his current deal but the new offer has not yet been signed and PSG are closely monitoring the situation.

He has scored 31 goals for Chelsea since joining the club in a £10m deal from Lokomotiv Moscow in January 2008. He is the top scoring defender in the Champions League.

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