With Chelsea still in the market for another striker despite signing the 22-year-old Senegal international Nicolas Jackson from Villarreal last month, Stamford Bridge is a potential destination for Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic in certain media outlets.
It’s been reported that the Old Lady of Turin has offered the busy London club the 23-year-old Serbian for £21m plus Romelu Lukaku, who spent last year on loan at Inter, although the top Italian transfer guru Fabrizio Romano says Todd Boehly and his fellow Chelsea owners are not interested and a move to Paris Saint-Germain seems more plausible. Lukaku is believed to harbour notions of making his move to Inter permanent and is willing to accept a significant pay-cut of up to £1m a year to do so. The Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal are also believed to be interested in securing the Belgian’s scrawl.
A free agent after his contract with Crystal Palace expired, Wilfried Zaha will have a vast array of options to ponder upon his return from his honeymoon following his wedding last week. While Palace remain hopeful that their talismanic forward will agree a new deal worth £10m a year, a whole host of other clubs are interested in signing him. Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain, Lazio, Fenerbahce, Al-Nassr and Galatasaray have all cast admiring glances in the direction of his representatives, while the Saudi club Al-Ettifaq, managed by Steven Gerrard, are the latest outfit to join the orderly queue for his services.
With James Maddison already gone to Tottenham, the exodus of big names from relegated Leicester City looks set to continue. Newcastle United are reported to be preparing a £25m bid for winger Harvey Barnes, while Nottingham Forest are giving striker Kelechi Iheanacho the glad eye. Newcastle have also been linked with the 24-year-old Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby, but will face competition from Arsenal, Manchester United and Aston Villa for a player the Bundesliga side have valued at £50m.
A Barcelona player who spent last season on loan at Milan, Sergino Dest is attracting interest from Fulham and Crystal Palace after the Serie A side showed no inclination to trigger his £17m buy-out clause. The USA international full-back had an underwhelming season at San Siro and is surplus to the requirements of manager Xavi at the Camp Nou.
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And finally … left out of Nottingham Forest’s Premier League squad after a January loan move to Blackburn Rovers fell through due to an administrative mix-up, midfielder Lewis O’Brien has been on loan at MLS club DC United since March but is about to return home and is believed to be on the radar of newly-promoted Sheffield United.
