Meanwhile, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has refused to confirm that the youngster will enjoy regular first-team football this season. However, Everton are making plans to keep the Belgian and have offered a new contract and will look to price him out of Chelsea’s reach by increasing their previous £65m valuation.
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Our bid to bring in a striker this summer has so far stuttered, and if Arsene Wenger can not find a better value-for-money option, maybe he could still end up raising his offer for Morata, with £57 Million believed to be needed to tempt the Spanish giants into selling.
Morata posted the picture above on his personal Instagram account on Wednesday afternoon and wrote: “In Canada!”
Paul Pogba’s world record transfer to Manchester United is closer than ever, with a fee of £100 million agreed between United and Juventus, according to French newspaper L’Equipe.
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Blues boss Conte spoke out on the club’s transfer plans this week, saying: “About this situation I always prefer to speak with the club”.
“Ruben, I see this player is young with great potential”, Conte continued.
Despite initially looking as if they would sell the 23-year-old after triggering his buy-back clause at Juventus, Madrid remain intent on keeping Morata at the Bernabeu. Costa played for us for a few years and he’s a really good player, no one can deny that.
It was under Jose Mourinho that Duff enjoyed the most successful part of his career, winning back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006.
Manchester United were also linked with a move for the 22-year-old, but Barca have won the race.
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The onus is now on Chelsea to make an offer they can’t refuse.
