AC Milan and Atlético Madrid have opened talks about a swap of Fernando Torres for Alessio Cerci.

Torres is on a two-year loan from Chelsea to Milan, but has scored just once in 10 Serie A appearances and not at all since Nov. 23.

Milan had initially hoped to cancel the arrangement with Chelsea, but the London club are adamant the player is not returning to José Mourinho’s squad. “We have no space,” said the Portuguese when asked recently. “We have no space for players in our list, either in the Champions League or the Premier League.”

Cerci has struggled with Atleti.

Any deal would have to be sanctioned by Chelsea.