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Edinson Cavani has set his heart on a dream move to the Premier League and wants to join Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, Goal understands. Having fulfilled his Confederations Cup commitments with Uruguay the Napoli striker is now seeking urgent talks with the Serie A club�s owner Aurelio De Laurentiis, who is intent on receiving the player�s �63 million release clause in full. Manchester City, Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain are all competing with Chelsea for the 26-year-old�s services, but the allure of spearheading Mourinho�s strike force at Stamford Bridge is understood to have swayed Cavani, who has spoken of his desire to play in the Premier League on a number of occasions. "Although Edinson loves Real Madrid, he feels that his style would fit the Premier League much better, and Chelsea are the only chance he has of playing there," a source close to the player revealed to Goal. �Edinson has already instructed Napoli that he wants to leave and is hopeful that his situation can be resolved as soon as possible.� Both Manchester City and Real Madrid, whom Cavani claimed it would be �a dream� to play for, have refused to be drawn into a bidding war for the player while, as reported by Goal last month, Chelsea�s �40m plus Fernando Torres offer was firmly rejected. Chelsea have remained in negotiations with Napoli, however, and will be encouraged by Cavani�s desire to become an integral part of Mourinho�s second coming at Stamford Bridge where he would be an automatic first choice start ahead of the disaffected Torres, youngster Romelu Lukaku and Rafa Benitez�s only major signing Demba Ba. According to De Laurentiis, Real Madrid have also made a formal offer for the player who has scored 29 league goals last season, while City have cooled their interest having refused to meet the buyout clause and are actively pursuing alternative targets, including Sevilla�s Alvaro Negredo. Paris Saint Germain�s desire to make Cavani their headline summer signing remains strong after they met with his representatives in January and on Tuesday were reported to have submitted a �50m bid.