Chelsea have made the decision to sell Ruben Loftus-Cheek this summer and AC Milan are among the interested teams, a report claims.
According to a report from Football Insider, the Chelsea management are open to selling their 27-year-old academy product in the summer window as they look to clear out the players that Graham Potter does not see much of a role for.
The report states that as many as Premier League sides hold a ‘strong interest’ in Loftus-Cheek who also has a market in Italy where Milan and Roma monitoring his situation.
While Chelsea hold the option to extend his deal – currently expiring in June 2024 – by another year, but they seem to be willing to cash in instead for the right price.
Loftus-Cheek has started four of Chelsea’s last five Premier League games and has racked up 26 appearances across all competitions this season.
Milan got a first-hand look at the England international in the Champions League group stages as Chelsea won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge and 2-0 at San Siro.
No chance, he earns £7.8M GBP per year. That’s more than what we are offering Leao. Plenty of lower end Prem teams can match that. He would only come to us if he respects the history and we get Champions League, but he will have to take a big pay cut. It seems a waste of time trying to get players from the Prem due to the financial disparity.
Exactly. Clickbait article.