Chelsea are being strongly linked with a move for AC
Milan forward Pato.
Reports in Italy claim the clubs are in advanced talks with Chelsea
manager Carlo Ancelotti prepared to sanction a deal worth £18m plus
Didier Drogba in
part-exchange.
Neither club has commented about the transfer talk but Ancelotti is
a known admirer of the Brazilian player from his time in charge at
the San Siro and he is looking to freshen up his Chelsea
squad.
SOURCE: talkSPORT
There is increasing speculation that Ivory Coast international
Didier
Drogba is not happy at Chelsea after seeing his
place in the starting eleven handed to new signing Fernando Torres
and the 33 year old has subsequently been linked with a move away
from the West London club with the likes of Marseille and
Galatasaray reportedly interested in signing the veteran.
However a move to AC Milan will surely trump that interest if
indeed this source is accurate. Carlo Ancelotti will be greatly
interested in bringing his former star turn Alexandre Pato to Stamford Bridge and
perhaps the Brazilian would be interested in a new challenge not
least because the youngster is by no means a regular starter at the
San Siro since the arrival of Robinho, Antonio Cassano and Zlatan
Ibrahimovic during the course of last summer and during the season
itself.
Chelsea top scorer Nicolas Anelka could also be set to leave
this summer and Daniel Sturridge appears to want to make his loan
move to Bolton a permanent one so there could well be a chance that
Ancelotti sees a potential mouthwatering strike partnership of
Torres and Pato as the way to go.
The combined cost would reportedly run to £36m for the 21 year
old, with half of that coming in the form of Drogba’s move in the
other direction.
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