Borussia Dortmund chief Sebastian Kehl says they want to keep Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka. The 21-year-old joined the Bundesliga side on January on a short-term loan, however, the sporting director has admitted they will explore avenues to make the move permanent.

The England youngster is set to return to Stamford Bridge after Dortmund's 3-2 defeat in theClub World Cup quarter-finals spelt the end of his loan spell. Reports suggest the Blues would demand £40million for his services after finding his gametime in West London limited to just 32 games since joining three years ago.

He has three years remaining on his current deal but Kehl's expression of interest could point towards the possibility of a summer exit for the former Aston Villa prospect.

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"Carney’s loan ends today," he said.

"That was what we agreed with Chelsea. Now, let’s see. We will definitely have some more discussions in the next few days about his situation. I think it was a good move from Carney to join us.

"Now let's see how we manage everything. It won't be easy, but for sure we will try to keep him because he's a very good player.

"This topic is something for the future, and right now I don’t know what will happen.

"It's always easier to loan a player than to buy one, especially within Carney’s [price] range. But let's see," he added..

"We are not that far advanced [in talks] at the moment, but I can tell you that we are pretty close to the player, and he loves Dortmund, so this is quite good.

"Everything else will be decided between Chelsea and us.

"That won't be tomorrow. That won't be on Tuesday. I think it will take some more days."

Last week, Chelsea were slapped with a whopping £27million by European football governing body, UEFA, and could be hit with a further £52million over the next four years should they breach financial fair play again.

It was announced on Friday that they would be fined €80m (£69m) over four years with €60m suspended pending future compliance.

Chelsea joined Premier League rivals Aston Villa in being sanctioned by UEFA for breaching the football earnings rule and having a squad cost ratio - proportion of their income paid out in wages - above 80 percent.

"The club has worked closely and transparently with Uefa to provide a full and detailed breakdown of its financial reporting, which indicates that the financial performance of the club is on a strong upwards trajectory," a statement in response from Chelsea read.

"Chelsea FC greatly values its relationship with Uefa and considered it important to bring this matter to a swift conclusion by entering into a settlement agreement."