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Giorgio Chiellini urges Juventus to move for Chelsea star

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Giorgio Chiellini urges Juventus to move for Chelsea star

Juventus icon Giorgio Chiellini has, on Friday, tipped his former membership to swoop for a key member of the attacking ranks of Premier League giants Chelsea.

The participant in query? Christian Pulisic.

For these not conscious, latest weeks have seen wide-man Pulisic routinely linked with a transfer to Turin, to hyperlink up with Massimiliano Allegri’s Juve forward of the brand new marketing campaign.

This comes amid the suggestion that the one-time Borussia Dortmund standout may very well be utilised as a makeweight in a cash-plus-player deal for Chelsea goal Matthijs de Ligt.

Chelsea’s Matthijs de Ligt negotiations progressing
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Up to now, it has remained unclear simply how receptive the board on the Allianz Stadium have been to such a prospect, amid experiences that the Bianconeri would quite sanction a straight money deal within the case of De Ligt’s exit.

One particular person with lengthy standing ties to Juventus who’s of the opinion that Pulisic would show a high-quality addition to the Outdated Girl’s ranks, although, is Giorgio Chiellini.

Italian worldwide Chiellini after all introduced the legendary chapter of his Juve profession to a detailed this summer season, since linking up with MLS outfit Los Angeles FC as a free agent.

Talking in an interview with ESPN, the veteran defender was subsequently unsurprisingly drawn on the prospect of one of many star members of the USA worldwide setup – Pulisic – linking up along with his former membership.

And Chiellini appeared absolutely behind the thought, in explaining:

“Pulisic is excellent, I feel, when he begins from the aspect and comes inside, and with the harm of Chiesa — he [will] absolutely nonetheless return, however not earlier than September, and within the first months, absolutely he can play each sport.

He continued:

“With the [arrival] of Angel Di Maria, Pulisic may very well be the implausible third winger for Juventus. He has improved 12 months by 12 months, he did a implausible season in Chelsea.”