Chelsea and Juventus continue to haggle the trade between Romelu Lukaku and Dusan Vlahovic, but part of the Blues brass isn’t convinced to onboard the Serb. The deal could still go through because the ex-Inter star is a burdensome problem, La Gazzetta dello Sport relays.
The Bianconeri requesting €40M doesn’t help. The Pensioners don’t have alternatives since the Belgian marksman refused the Saudi offers. He’ll be frozen out ahead of the opener versus Liverpool. The hiring of Mauricio Pochettino didn’t change things.
The Chelsea hierarchy is weighing whether to sign Vlahovic along with the coach. Todd Boehly, his partner Behdad Eghbali, and directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley make the calls on the transfer market. The second one, in particular, is skeptical about the ex-Fiorentina forward.
The Argentine manager isn’t sold he’d be a good fit and that he’d be better than Nicholas Jackson. However, Christopher Nkunku suffered a serious knee problem. The Bianconeri striker asked for a couple of days to mull the move too, Alfredo Pedullà relays. The Old Lady could pull the trigger regardless and find a different club for him later. He would have liked to join PSG.
Our Take on Chelsea, Vlahovic, Lukaku, and Juventus
Only Massimiliano Allegri, the Belgian, and a few numbers guys inside the two managements are the only ones that truly want the deal, but it may be enough.
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