Having managed to offload Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Marseille, Chelsea still need to work out what they want to do with Hakim Ziyech, Romelu Lukaku and Armando Broja.
The attacking trio appear to be out of the reckoning at Stamford Bridge under Mauricio Pochettino, and, at this moment in time, it’s the latter who appears closest to an exit.
We say this because Gazzetta dello Sport have an article on Monday explaining the Chelsea Albania international is a target for AC Milan, who need a new striker.
Broja has appeared alongside Hugo Ekitike as a young and long-term solution for Stefano Pioli, as they try and add an extra goalscorer to their squad.
In fact, a deal for the Chelsea ‘would have more margins’ than one for the Frenchman, because the Blues can ‘let him leave on loan’.
The problem for Milan is they need to decide whether they want to gamble on a 21-year-old player who is returning from a serious knee injury sustained in December.
It’s recalled that Broja does have a market in the Premier League, where he was recently strongly linked with West Ham, but the Italians do have an ace up their sleeve.
That is the fact they have an ‘excellent relationship’ with Chelsea after the many deals they have struck over the years, including those for Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek this summer.
Therefore, the Blues could ‘reserve a preferential lane’ for the Serie A club should a negotiation take place.
