Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has ruled out signing Mehdi Benatia[PA]
Express Sport understands Chelsea have looked at signing the £30million rated centre-back.
Manchester United are also interested in Benatia but the Blues have made inquiries.
However, Blues boss Jose Mourinho has denied any interest in the 27-year-old.
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"No, we're not interested," Mourinho said.
"We have John (Terry), (Gary) Cahill, (Branislav) Ivanovic, (Kurt) Zouma, and we want to integrate (Andreas) Christensen.
"Step by step [for Christensen], training with us, every day, playing a few minutes when it is possible, playing with the Under-21s and training with us as a first-team squad member.
"We are fine. are, we are well set in defence."
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