Atletico Madrid are lining up Leicester’s Jamie Vardy to replace the outgoing Antoine Griezmann this summer.
Griezmann is on the verge of completing a move to Barcelona as the Catalan club are willing to meet his £89million release clause.
Vardy scored against Atletico when the two sides faced each other in the quarter-finals of the 2016/17 Champions League but Diego Simeone's secured a 2-1 victory on aggregate.
And Simeone sees the £20million valued Vardy, 31, as the ideal candidate to be Diego Costa's new striking partner.
Boyhood Atletico striker Fernando Torres is a free agent after his contract with the club expired at the end of the season meaning a move to LaLiga for Vardy could well be on.