Mauricio Pochettino holds vital Chelsea transfer talks for $87m deal amid Moises Caicedo worry
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Chelsea talk with Vlahovic
Chelsea are continuing on with plans to speak with Juventus about striker Dusan Vlahovic as they look to secure a new first-choice forward for Mauricio Pochettino.
The Blues have already signed Senegal novice Nicolas Jackson and versatile attacker Christopher Nkunku but are really after a sure-fire answer to their goalscoring problems. Now, Italian reporter Rudy Galetti writes that Chelsea will hold discussions with the player and that a price tag of £68million ($87m) has been set.
He writes: «Vlahovic, talks between Chelsea and Juventus is about to begin. The Italian club — without UCL — needs to sell and alreay set his price tag: around €80m to let him go. Pochettino wants the Serbia striker: evolving situation.»
He also added: «Everything confirmed since mid-June: Chelsea are interested in Vlahovic and opened talks with Juventus. Discussions will go ahead in the next days. Pochettino considers Dusan the ideal striker.»
football.london says: We've seen this one before. Chelsea chasing a striker proven in Italy as their goalscoring problem continues to worsen. Romelu Lukaku, join Alvaro Morata and Gonzalo Higuain in the category of horrible transfers.
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Juventus have a good record at coming out on top when Chelsea deal with them and even though Vlahovic has shown immense skill and quality, it's hard to shake the feeling that they could be done again, here. He
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