are reportedly in a four-team battle to signal Luka Vuskovic, who has been labelled because the 'subsequent Gerard Pique'. Chelsea's mass overhaul beneath their new possession is anticipated to proceed this summer time with the membership constructing for the long run in addition to the current.
There's already been an array of latest arrivals at Stamford Bridge from report sums being spent on Wesley Fofana, Enzo Fernandez and Mykahylo Mudryk as stars to vary the membership instantly to signings extra geared towards the long run. Carney Chukwuemeka, Andrey Santos and David Datro Fofana are only a few of the gamers who Chelsea will hope can go on to have brilliant futures additional down the road.
They've already begun their summer time youth plans and are closing in on a deal for Benfica starlet Diego Moreira. However it's Hajduk Cut up defender Vuskovic who's now seemingly the following future star on Chelsea's wishlist.
In line with the , Chelsea had been certainly one of 4 Premier League golf equipment to ship scouts to look at the centre-back in motion not too long ago. The 16-year-old can also be attracting curiosity from Manchester Metropolis, Liverpool and Newcastle.
The report claims that a bid of round £12million can be sufficient to safe his signature this summer time. The 6ft 4ins defender has already been likened to Barcelona legend Pique, though there are some 'reservations' about his measurement limiting his mobility.
Metropolis could also be Chelsea's closest challengers in signing Vuskovic as they're stated to have 'already made an enquiry'. He is already damaged into Cut up's first staff this yr, making his debut for the facet only a few days after his sixteenth birthday.
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However it's at youth degree the place Vuskovic has actually shone to this point having helped Cut up attain the UEFA Youth League ultimate in opposition to AZ Alkmaar. He scored the winner in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk within the intermediate stage earlier this yr, though a pink card pressured him to overlook the next matches in opposition to Manchester Metropolis and Borussia Dortmund.
It was Cut up's semi-final win over AC Milan although the place the Premier League scouts had been in attendance to look at Vuskovic in motion and it is unlikely to be the final time the younger Croatian has folks turning as much as watch him. For Chelsea, it is the newest signal that the membership's possession might be persevering with an identical development from what Roman Abramovich adopted throughout his tenure.
The Russian oligarch signed dozens of youth skills throughout his time in cost at Chelsea, earlier than loaning them out to feeder golf equipment. Chelsea had been then capable of promote these gamers on for a lot larger charges than they had been initially purchased for in a bid to boost funds for first-team signings.