Chelsea will have to spend big to prise AC Milan star out of his big contract

Chelsea are at panic station when it comes to goalkeepers.

Just about every media outlet in Spain is reporting that the Thibaut Courtois’ move to Real Madrid is done, and that the whole thing is just waiting on Chelsea’s search for a replacement.

Their best option was Alisson of Roma, but he has been taken off the table in the last 24 hours as Liverpool have all but secured his transfer.

Also linked are Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester and Petr Cech of Arsenal. Hardly ideal options.

One better choice could be Gigi Donnarumma of AC Milan. The Sun have reported that he’s an option, and Chelsea fans would certainly prefer him to the options named above.

The issue will be with money – the Blues will only get €40m or so for Courtois as his contract is expiring, and Donnarumma is only a year into the mega deal he signed last summer, so he will cost a lot.

Then again, when Liverpool are about to spend £66m on a keeper, we’re not really sure what “a lot” is anymore…

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