According to rumors, Erling Haaland's agent, Mino Raiola, wanted the Borussia Dortmund striker to be paid £820,000 per week by Chelsea.
The Blues were extensively linked with a bid for the highly coveted attacker this summer, but instead signed Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku for £98 million.
According to Bild, Haaland's representative's demands could have served as a barrier, with agent Raiola demanding £820,000 per week in salary for his client to join Chelsea.
According to the article, Raiola demanded a £34 million agent's fee as well as a salary for himself as part of a £275 million five-year package.
Raiola, who represents some of the biggest stars in football, including Manchester United's Paul Pogba, has recently been named the sport's most profitable super-agent.
Haaland is one of the most sought-after players in the world, and he was connected with Real Madrid and Manchester City during the summer transfer window, but he now appears to be staying at Dortmund.
European champions Chelsea reportedly put in a cash-plus-player bid for Haaland which Dortmund are said to have rebuffed as it was not close to their £150m valuation for the player.
United are now reportedly leading the race to sign Haaland next summer when his £64m release clause kicks in.
As well as having Pogba in his stable Dutch-Italian super-agent Raiola represents Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan who made moves to Old Trafford in recent years.
Mkhitaryan is one of three Dortmund players to have joined United with Shinji Kagawa and new £73million signing Jadon Sancho also having swapped the Bundesliga for the Premier League.Haaland, who notched a staggering 41 goals in 41 matches last season, has close ties to United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after their time at Molde in Norway.
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