Chelsea midfielder Cesare Casadei has attracted interest from a few clubs around Europe, with Feyenoord, Napoli, and Torino reportedly sniffing around the goods.
Nothing has materialised so far, but that could change after Gianluca DiMarzio reported that the Turin club will blitz for the Chelsea star.
The central midfielder is an ‘obsession’ for Torino, and they are eager to get a deal over the line. The hold-up so far has been that Chelsea want north of £15 million for the highly-rated Italian youth international.
Meanwhile, Torino want to give them a figure lesser than that with a massive sell-on clause to entice the Blues. It remains to be seen what formula they will bring to satisfy the Premier League side.
Casadei has been surplus to requirement at the club since the top brass cancelled his loan spell at Leicester City last term.
The 22-year-old has only made six appearances for Chelsea this term, and they have come in the Europa Conference League and EFL Cup. He has yet to play a single minute in the Premier League.
Even when he has played, he has been fielded in the number six role when he is a goalscoring eight that should be closer to the opposition goal.
Casadei is a tall, technically secure, and intelligent midfielder who can grow into something special but needs game time on the field to develop.
Torino can give him that, and Chelsea can secure a first refusal on the former Inter Milan man as he struts his stuff in Serie A.
Chelsea do not need to go into the market for a replacement with several options in the engine room, including Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Enzo Fernandez, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
The west Londoners also have Lesley Ugochukwu and Andrey Santos out on loan, and there are rumours one of the pair could be recalled as they did with Trevoh Chalobah.
