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title: "Chelsea make late move for Bayern defender Rafinha"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2017-08-30T12:23:34Z"
modified: "2017-08-30T12:23:34Z"
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# Chelsea make late move for Bayern defender Rafinha

After being rejected by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chelsea have had to go back to the drawing board in their pursuit of another wing-back and are making a last-ditch effort to sign Rafinha from Bayern Munich, claim [Bild](https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/rafinha/chelsea-baggert-an-bayerns-rechtsverteidiger-53041280.bild.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter).

Rafinha has spent several years at Bayern and has been largely a rotational player behind the likes of Philipp Lahm and Joshua Kimmich.

Chelsea want another right-back to compete with Victor Moses and Rafinha has emerged as a late target but Bayern may be unwilling to sell so late in the window to a Champions League rival.

![Lionel Ng/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/822291054.jpg)

The 31-year-old defender is only contracted with the Bundesliga champions until the end of the season meaning it likely wouldn’t take a large fee to convince Bayern to part ways with him, if they’re even open to a sale.

After Oxlade-Chamberlain’s snub, Chelsea are up against it to find another wing-back before tomorrow’s transfer deadline.