{"id":11988,"date":"2022-03-13T09:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T13:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/13\/juventus-and-barcelona-looking-to-swoop-as-4-chelsea-players-on-the-radar\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T13:01:26","slug":"juventus-and-barcelona-looking-to-swoop-as-4-chelsea-players-on-the-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/13\/juventus-and-barcelona-looking-to-swoop-as-4-chelsea-players-on-the-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus and Barcelona looking to swoop as 4 Chelsea players on the radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s financial position has left them vulnerable to exploitation by other clubs around Europe, but for now that seems to be on a backburner as their fringe players are targetted by European giants.<\/p>\n<p>According to Italian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttosport.com\/news\/calcio\/serie-a\/juventus\/2022\/03\/12-90782455\/jorginho_e_emerson_azzurro_juve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuttosport<\/a>, Juventus are keen on bringing Italian pair Jorginho and Emerson Palmieri to Turin in the summer, as they look to rebuild a deteriorating squad.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Lady have struggled this season, and have already been forced to splash out on Dusan Vlahovic in January in a bid to propel them up the table.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is in midfield that most work needs doing- Aaron Ramsey and Rodrigo Bentancur both departed in January, while Adrien Rabiot, Weston McKennie and Arthur have flattered to deceive this season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1660902\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1660902\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1660902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Juventus and Barcelona looking to swoop as 4 Chelsea players on the radar\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238335308-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1660902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodrigo Bentancur joined Tottenham in January alongside Juve teammate Dejan Kulusevski. (Photo by Craig Mercer\/MB Media\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, according to Tuttosport, \u2018Jorginho is the player who would best complete the [midfield] department: experience, direction, flexibility.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, cover and competition for Alex Sandro could be sought in the form of Emerson, who is currently on loan away from Chelsea and could see a permanent move come to fruition in the summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona ready to raid Chelsea<\/h2>\n<p>First team centre back Andreas Christensen is already on the verge of joining Barcelona on a free transfer, but the Blaugrana are seemingly not going to stop there as they look to rebuild their squad under Xavi Hernandez.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Andreas Christensen has made his choice and he will play for Barcelona, there\u2019s no doubt. Contract until June 2027. Matter of time. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeting ongoing to complete the verbal agreement on final details between player side and Bar\u00e7a. Here we go soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iP3xRwSdof\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iP3xRwSdof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1501182683665387521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20220312\/1001765279\/atentos-situacion-chelsea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports in Spain<\/a>, Barca are also lining up moves for veteran pair Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso in the summer, with the potential financial changes at Chelsea making a deal for Alonso possible.<\/p>\n<p>Mundo Deportivo report that \u2018in principle, his [Alonso\u2019s] transfer was unaffordable, but depending on what happens with Chelsea, he is a name that has always been on the Bar\u00e7a agenda\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, given the fluidity of the situation, it is impossible to know just what will happen in West London this summer, but already the vultures are circling.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/chelsea-vs-newcastle-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Chelsea vs Newcastle United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/arsenal-vs-leicester-city-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal vs Leicester City betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea\u2019s financial position has left them vulnerable to exploitation by other clubs around Europe, but for now that seems to be on a backburner as their fringe players are targetted by European giants. According to Italian outlet Tuttosport, Juventus are keen on bringing Italian pair Jorginho and Emerson Palmieri to Turin in the summer, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}