By Andy James

PUBLISHED: 06:23 EST, 30 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:25 EST, 30 December 2012

Demba Ba will meet with Chelsea chiefs this evening to discuss a potential January move to Stamford Bridge.

The Newcastle striker leads Chelsea's winter target list even though his transfer fee could be pushed beyond the 10million-mark by extra payments.

Ba's 7.5m release clause has been well documented with both Arsenal and Liverpool known to be monitoring the 27-year-old's situation, but now the Sunday People are reporting that the Senegalese's advisers will demand between 3m and 5m on top of that as part of any deal.

Prolific: Ba (centre) has netted 13 Premier League goals this season

Prolific: Ba (centre) has netted 13 Premier League goals this season

And he will now meet with Blues officials to try and thrash out a deal 24 hours before the transfer window opens, according to Sky Sports News. 

Chelsea's No 1 striking target Radamel Falcao last week revealed that he wants to stay at Atletico Madrid until the end of the season, forcing the Blues to cast their net elsewhere as they look to bolster their title bid.

With Daniel Sturridge set to complete a 12m move to Liverpool this week Chelsea need a frontman to compete with Fernando Torres and they have now switched their attention to Ba, who is the joint-leading scorer in the Premier League this season with 13 goals despite featuring in a struggling Magpies side.

Ba joined Newcastle from West Ham back in the summer of 2011 in a deal which included a 7.5m release clause - 2.5m of which will go to the player himself. 

Double salvo: Ba scored twice at the Emirates on Saturday

Double salvo: Ba scored twice at the Emirates on Saturday

Ba is likely to demand 70,000-a-week in wages from his suitors, with mega-rich French side Paris Saint-Germain also weighing up a package to bring him back to the country of his birth.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is keen for Ba to negotiate a new deal but should he opt to leave the club they are expected to step up their chase for 11.5m-rated Marseille striker Loic Remy.

One potential snag in any deal for Ba would be the striker's ongoing knee problems, and should Chelsea be put off by those concerns and the player's age they could instead return for Bayer Leverkusen's German international forward Andre Schurrle - who came close to joining the club last summer.

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Robert London, Ba to Chelsea is a done deal. I know someone close to the deal and that person informed me this afternoon when we met just before we played Everton, this is when i was informed that Ba is on his way to Chelsea. Falcao would soon follow Ba Robert so watch this space. I notice you are quite conspicuous by your absence on the Chelsea vs Everton report, I wonder why? - Louis , London, 30/12/2012 17:25 - You're the janitor at Stamford Bridge aren't you? Nice to see the "work placement in the community" program is working.... - Return of the Egg , London, United Kingdom------------------>>>>> HAHA

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Gerry , London, United Kingdom.. With that logic Newcastle are bigger than Juventus but that's not how football works, then again i doubt you know much about anything.

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Robert London, Ba to Chelsea is a done deal. I know someone close to the deal and that person informed me this afternoon when we met just before we played Everton, this is when i was informed that Ba is on his way to Chelsea. Falcao would soon follow Ba Robert so watch this space. I notice you are quite conspicuous by your absence on the Chelsea vs Everton report, I wonder why? - Louis , London --------->>>> So you;re going to have Ba, Torres, Falcao, in January? RIght................

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Ps ...sorry to all you Magpies who I have a massive soft spot for ...going back to Malcolm Macdonald and KK more recently

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Anything to get rid of Torres .,,, please

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But I thought Arsenal agreed a 7.5 million fee for him already ?

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The cockney mafia strike again. - Howard, London, United Kingdom, 30/12/2012 17:42 Geography is not your thing, is it? Try West Ham as the cockney chavs (or Tottenham to some extent). - Gustav Romaric, Liege, Belgium, 30/12/2012 18:10 Within the sound of the Bow Bells (St Mary le Bow Cheapside) only Millwall and Leyton Orient, traditionally have a chance of being called 'Cockney' by way of geography. So clearly, geography is not your thing. I should know, I'm a Bart's baby!!! Up the Chels!!!

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He will stop at his next clubfor maybe 2years then he will be gone, he has done it at every club he has been at his agent has complete control

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What a Waste. If Demba sits on the Bench all the Time for Chelsea. How can Newcastle Let this happen ?? they Need Demba Ba. Better to go back home to WHU & Newcastle have Andy Carroll back.

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