Daniel Sturridge is unhappy at Chelsea and will look to move on in the summer if they do not finish in the top four.
Chelsea are facing a battle to qualify for next season's Champions League and the 22-year-old could ask to leave Stamford Bridge in the summer if they do not make it.
Reports have been doing the rounds that Sturridge is unhappy with being played out of position down the wing as Andre Villas-Boas keeps faith with the misfiring Fernando Torres.
Sturridge could look to move on anyway but failure to make the Champions League could be the final straw for the striker with Arsenal known to be waiting in the wings.
"Daniel will be distraught if Chelsea finish outside the top four, he's desperate to prove himself at the highest level and that means he wants Champions League football, not Europa League," a close friend has been quoted as saying in the Sun.
The Gunners have already made tentative enquiries over a possible move in the summer and a deal could be on the cards if things do not improve for Sturridge under the leadership of Villas-Boas.