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According to reports, Toolbox have joined Chelsea in the race to indicator Italy international Riccardo Calafiori from Serie A garments Bologna.
The Artillerymans are intended to be dynamic throughout this summer season’s send window after they narrowly missed out on out on the Premier League title on the last day of the 2023/24 campaign.
Among Toolbox’s priorities will clearly be to indicator a brand name-new demonstrator, winger and also centre-midfielder. But if reports are to be believed, they could in a equivalent way hire a centre-ago.
William Saliba and also Gabriel Magalhaes are tightly added as Toolbox’s initially-substitute centre-recommends, but head trainer Mikel Arteta could sift to indicator a player to administer rivals.
22-year-old-fashioned Calafiori owns appeared as a potential target after impressing for Bologna throughout the 2023/24 campaign and also for Italy at Euro 2024.
The five-cap Italy international – who is in a equivalent way capable of dabbling at vacated-ago – supplied over 30 appearances for Bologna as they exceeded assumptions to surface 5th in Seria A.
Calafiori’s kind owns not gone undetected as he was newly linked through a solution to Chelsea. Reporter Alfredo Pedulla acted the Blues have currently ‘offered’ the defender ‘fruitful wage’ to repel inquisitiveness from rivals.
But, Toolbox presently show up to be arranging their inquisitiveness in the functional defender. Football Sends are reporting that the Artillerymans ‘have supplied call through Bologna over a thinkable offer for Calafiori after Jorginho advisable his Italy teammate to Arteta’.
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Alarming Bologna’s rendering queries rate and also the potential rivals, the record describes.
‘Toolbox’s Italian midfielder Jorginho personally advisable Calafiori to Arteta, educative the Artillerymans optimal pooch that he need to substantially ponder wrapping up the Bologna defender.
‘Jorginho acted as a advisor to Calafiori throughout Euro 2024, through the Bologna centre ago cherishing a vivid team stage.
‘Arteta owns been interested through what he owns watched from Calafiori, and also Toolbox have supplied call through Bologna around the defender.
‘We come to be aware that Bologna want €50 million for Calafiori, while Toolbox payback the centre ago, who can in a equivalent way dabble at vacated ago, at €35m.
‘Toolbox have reviewed the player’s eventuality through Bologna, but the Italians are not intrigued in commercializing and also promotional at that quantity.
‘There is substantial inquisitiveness in Calafiori as Juventus, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Tottenham and also Bayer Leverkusen are in a equivalent way supporters of the player.’
Bologna chief Giovanni Sartori newly acted Calafiori is more probable to indicator for a club outdoor of Serie A than Turin titans Juventus.
“We lone signed Calafiori 12 months ago, so we’ll examination what steals place, but in our subconscious we want to preserve him,” Sartori asserted.
“There owns been talk of Juventus, but in a equivalent way multitudinous other clubs. If we were to bring beefy deals, we’d have to think around it.
“I don’t think he will clearly browse through Juventus, it will clearly arguably be abroad, but I return we will clearly dare to preserve him.”
