Napoli are determined to hold out for their full asking price of €63m (£54m) before allowing Edinson Cavani to leave for Chelsea and will not accept an offer including makeweights, the Independent reports.

The Premier League club have had an offer of €50m (£42.8m) plus Fernando Torres rejected, well-placed sources close to Cavani’s club said last night – though that remained unconfirmed. But though the new manager Rafael Benitez will not know what resources he has available to him until the Uruguayan striker’s situation is resolved, his new president Aurelio De Laurentiis is only interested in a cash offer and is unlikely to begin negotiations around anything less than €58m.

The inclusion of Torres in a deal would confirm the uncertainty of his Chelsea future in the Jose Mourinho era if Cavani does come into the club, despite the Spaniard collecting another Golden Boot at the Confederations Cup after Spain’s defeat to Brazil in Sunday’s final.