According to Sky Sport Italia, Chelsea are now more open to discussing a potential exchange between Romelu Lukaku and Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic.
This had already been proposed to the Stamford Bridge side several months ago and they were holding out for at least €40m cash instead.
That position would appear to have changed with the collapse of the talks with Inter and Lukaku’s on-going refusal to even talk to the emissaries from Saudi Arabia.
Juve coach Max Allegri has his heart set on Lukaku to lead the line this season and it is no secret his rapport with Vlahovic is not particularly good.
The Serbian is increasingly frustrated by the rather negative tactics proposed by Allegri, while the club is irritated at Vlahovic’s on-going fitness issues.
It would naturally be a matter of Chelsea handing over Lukaku plus a large sum of cash, because Vlahovic is valued at a minimum of €75-80m.
That is because Juve paid €81.6m plus bonuses to sign the 23-year-old from Fiorentina in January 2022.