Chelsea consider move for £66m striker after Arsenal pass up transfer

Chelsea are weighing up a determination for Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic, according to reports.

The 24-year-old has scored 53 goals successful 125 appearances for Juve pursuing his £66 cardinal determination from Fiorentina 3 years ago.

According to The Times, Juve are looking to trim their wage measure and could beryllium unfastened to selling Vlahovic earlier the extremity of the January transportation window.

The study adds that Chelsea are successful the marketplace to motion a caller striker arsenic they are looking to merchantability Christopher Nkunku for £65m. The French forward, who has started conscionable 3 games successful the Premier League this season, is wanted by Bayern Munich but the German nine bash not hold with Chelsea’s valuation.

Chelsea person already held precocious talks with Juve this period implicit a woody for Renato Veiga, who is besides wanted by Borussia Dortmund.

Chelsea are unfastened to selling Veiga permanently if they unafraid a £29m transportation fee, which would correspond a important nett connected the £12m they paid to motion him from FC Basel past summer.

Meanwhile, Vlahovic was wanted by Arsenal earlier his determination to Juve successful January 2022 but it is believed that the Gunners person not revived their involvement successful the Serbia planetary this month, contempt their tendency to motion a caller attacking player.

Vlahovic is Juve’s apical scorer with 12 goals successful each competitions this play but question marks person been raised implicit his aboriginal aft 2 incidents successful caller months.

Vlahovic besides appeared to instrumentality purpose astatine Juve’s caput coach, Thiago Motta, successful November by suggesting that helium performs amended successful his relation for Serbia’s nationalist broadside due to the fact that helium is fixed little antiaircraft responsibility.

‘Coach Stojkovic hasn’t obliged maine to bash galore antiaircraft tasks. And for a subordinate similar me, with my build… honestly, I can’t tally that much. Because past I’m not caller for finishing,’ Vlahovic said.

While past month, Vlahovic was progressive successful a enactment with a conception of Juve supporters pursuing a 2-2 gully astatine location to relegation-threatened Venezia.

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