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Chelsea ready to make first official bid for Juventus’ Matthijs de Ligt
Chelsea’s pursuit of Juventus and Netherlands stare Matthijs de Ligt appears to be like to have taken a step ahead.
The Blues have been closely linked with De Ligt throughout the previous few weeks. This additionally comes with earlier centre-back goal Jules Kounde seemingly extra prone to be a part of FC Barcelona over Chelsea.
And now, as per reports coming from Italy, the west Londoners are able to make their first official provide for the stopper.
Mentioned provide is value €70m and doesn’t embrace any gamers regardless of earlier experiences suggesting the likes of Christian Pulisic and Timo Werner might be used as a part of a deal for De Ligt.
It’s added that Juventus are keen to just accept a determine beneath De Ligt’s €120m launch clause. Nevertheless, it isn’t recognized if they’d be keen to knock a full €50m off his value.
Exterior of De Ligt, Chelsea are additionally eyeing Nathan Ake, who’s believed to be eager on a return to Stamford Bridge.
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De Ligt’s Juventus stint
After a number of spectacular seasons at Ajax, which noticed him captain the aspect, win the Eredivisie and attain the Champions League semi-finals, De Ligt was snapped up by Juventus in the summertime of 2019.
The Italian powerhouse are believed to have paid massive cash, round £76m, to convey the centre-back to Turin.
Since his transfer to Italy, nonetheless, De Ligt has not had the very best of occasions, as Juve did not defend their Serie A in 2020/21 earlier than as soon as once more lacking out on the title final season.
