PAPER TALK: Chelsea in € 60m Koulibaly bid, Juve consider Zaza-Gabbiadini swap deal
The Blues had made offers for both Giorgio Chiellini and Alessio Romagnoli in the last few days even if Antonio Conte’s priority is believed to be Napoli star Kalidou Koulibaly.
According to today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Chelsea have made an improved bid for the Senegalese defender who wants t leave Napoli to join the Premier League. Chelsea have reportedly offered € 55 million plus € 3 million bonus, but Aurelio De Laurentiis doesn’t want to sell the 25-year-old and might propose him a contract extension in the next few weeks.
Napoli are also considering the future of Manolo Gabbiadini. The highly-rated Italian striker will get more game time than last season after the departure of Gonzalo Higuain, but Napoli are willing to add a new striker to Maurizio Sarri’s attacking force.
Simone Zaza has emerged as a possible target of the partenopei and, according to Tuttosport, they could propose Juventus a player-swap deal with Manolo Gabbiadini who is a product of Juventus academy.
The Old Lady, however, would prefer to sell Zaza abroad, even if the player would prefer to stay in Italy and Napoli, at the moment, are the only Serie A club that can afford the purchase of the former Sassuolo star.
AND THE REST
Leonardo Bonucci is set to extend his Juventus contract until 2021 with a salary of € 5 million a year (Corriere dello Sport)
Inter have received no concrete offers for Marcelo Brozovic so far and could propose him a contract extension, given that he might not leave Inter in the current transfer window (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Juventus are planning to make improved bid for PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi putting € 30 million on the table, the Old Lady has offered the French International a four-year, € 4.5 million deal (Corriere dello Sport)
Torino are interested in signing PSG goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu whose salary is too high for the granata’s finances (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Sinisa Mihajlovic is also challenging his old club Fiorentina for the signing of West Ham’s Pedro Obiang (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Marko Rog will undergo Napoli medical on Thursday, but the partenopei are still hopeful of signing Torino centre-back Nikola Maksimovic (Corriere dello Sport)
Valencia have offered € 12 million to Napoli for Spanish defender Raul Albiol who, however, is unsellable for the partenopei (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Milan goalkeeper Gabirel has agreed terms with Torino, but the granata need to convince Milan now (Tuttosport)
