Chelsea ace in AC Milan’s sights

AC Milan are set to begin transfer talks over the potential signing of Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka, who has a £40million release clause.

Sources with in-depth knowledge of the situation have informed CaughtOffside that Chukwuemeka is primarily a loan target for Milan, but they would be willing to negotiate a purchase option for around €20-25 million.

For now, Chukwuemeka appears to prefer to stay at Chelsea, although it remains to be seen whether he will get much game time at Stamford Bridge over the coming season, with Milan hoping they can convince him to move to the San Siro instead.

Chukwuemeka has been a little unlucky with injuries during his time at Chelsea so far, so it could be that the 20-year-old would do well to be patient and try to challenge for a place again in the 2024/25 campaign.

However, with so much competition in this great CFC side, it might also be interesting to look at how some former Blues players have revived their careers since leaving the west London club for Milan.

Chukwuemeka transfer: Could he shine alongside former Chelsea rejects?

If Chukwuemeka were to move to Milan, he would reunite with other former Chelsea players such as Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Fikayo Tomori and Christian Pulisic.

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None of those players have really established themselves as key players at Chelsea, but they have done much better during their time in Italy, so perhaps there is a lesson to be learned for Chukwuemeka, who is at that stage of his career where he needs to play regularly and have the trust of his manager.

It will be interesting to see how this situation develops and whether Milan can also afford Dal, as Chelsea could well push to keep the England Under-20 international unless his £40m release clause is triggered.