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Chelsea ready to offer £44m for Roma’s Edin Dzeko and Emerson Palmieri

Talks between the two clubs to resume on Monday

Both players keen for a move to England

Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano

Sun 21 Jan 2018 10.00 GMT

Last modified on Sun 21 Jan 2018 12.42 GMT

Edin Dzeko

Chelsea will step up their pursuit of the Roma pair Edin Dzeko and Emerson Palmieri
on Monday in the hope of persuading the Serie A club to sell the two players for a
combined €50m (£44m).

Roma are holding out for £44m plus £13.2m in add-ons. Initial talks were held
between the two clubs last week and will resume on Monday following the Italian
side’s game with Inter on Sunday night.
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Chelsea are reluctant to agree to a potential £57.2m outlay but are confident that
a deal can be reached.

The Premier League champions made an inquiry for West Ham’s Andy Carroll earlier
this month only for the striker to injure an ankle. Antonio Conte is an admirer of
Dzeko, who scored twice against Chelsea this season as Roma drew 3-3 at Stamford
Bridge in the Champions League, and is desperate to add to his strikeforce for the
second half of the season.
Dzeko, who played for Manchester City between 2011 and 2016 before joining the
Serie A side, won the Serie A Golden Boot last season and has nine goals in 19
games this campaign.

The 31-year-old Bosnian has indicated he is keen to join Conte’s side as has
Palmieri, a Brazilian left-back who joined Roma in 2015, initially on loan. The
Italian champions, Juventus, are also interested in signing the 23-year-old
Palmieri.

Chelsea have offered Michy Batshuayi on loan as part of the deal but Roma are
exploring other possibilities to replace Dzeko should he leave in this window.

Borussia Dortmund, however, view Batshuayi as a possible replacement for Pierre-

Emerick Aubameyang if the Gabon international joins Arsenal.
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