Chelsea coach Antonio Conte will make a £20m ($26m) move for Sassuolo forward Domenico Berardi in the summer transfer window.
Conte see's Berardi, 22, as the complete auxiliary addition to his team for next season, according to the Sunday Mirror.
Domenico Berardi who play's as a forward was bought by Juventus from Sassuolo in 2013 but he not played any match for the Turin giants as he stayed on loan at the Neroverdi.
Later in 2015 he was sold back to Sassuolo on a permanent basis.
Juventus are also interested in Berardi’s signature, however, with the Bianconeri having a choice to buy back the forward for £15m.
It was also reported that Inter Milan have been linked with the player, who is Sassuolo’s all-time highest goal scorer.
The president of Neroverdi Giorgio Squinzi said in an interview that the club had no plan of selling Berardi this summer.
“Nothing has been decided for Domenico yet,” he was quoted as saying by Football Italia.
“We’re waiting for the eventual offers. We’re talking about a real superstar, a champion.
“The core of the matter isn’t the baseline or our initial request, it’s that our intention is not to sell him.
We want to keep Domenico and make him our big symbol, that’s beyond doubt. We’ll see what happens.
“If he says he’s decided to stay this year we will welcome him with open arms and we’ll be very, very happy.
I repeat though, it’s early. We just have to wait,” Squinzi added.
“I’ll only talk when there’s something concrete on the table, at the moment we don’t have any offers to evaluate.”
Chelsea is also interested in signing Everton forward Romelu Lukaku and Southampton centre-back Virgil van Dyk.
The Blues have won the Premier league and will face Arsenal in the FA Cup final at Wembley later this month, but Conte is interested in increasing the size of his squad in preparation for Champions League football next season.
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