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Borussia Dortmund have opened talks to sign Chelsea defender Renato Veiga on an initial loan deal.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Blues would prefer a permanent sale should the Portugal international, 21, leave but an obligation to buy at the end of the season could satisfy their demands.<\/p>\n
Chelsea have not encouraged the approach from the German club and have already turned down a loan approach from Wolves this month.<\/p>\n
Veiga has a substantial role in Enzo Maresca’s squad, starting the majority of matches in cup competitions – including Saturday’s 5-0 win over Morecambe<\/a> in the FA Cup third round.<\/p>\n However, Veiga is understood to want to explore his options, as he prefers to play in a more central area of the pitch, having started mostly at left-back as cover for regular starter Marc Cucurella.<\/p>\n Veiga only joined Chelsea in a \u00a312m deal from FC Basel in the summer and Maresca spoke on Friday about how he “trusted” Veiga.<\/p>\n But the Italian manager also dropped him for a match at home to Fulham for a “technical decision” in late December.<\/p>\n Chelsea want to sell Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei in January, while Maresca has denied the club are pushing Veiga, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Axel Disasi out of the club despite interest. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n