Chelsea have been linked regularly with Leicester left back Ben Chilwell for years now, and after all that it suddenly seems possible that we end up moving for a different player in that position this summer.
The England starter was a target long before Frank Lampard was at the club, but all accounts seem to claim that the current manager is a fan and has pushed for the signing since finding Marcos Alonso and Emerson Palimeri lacking in his debut campaign.
But Leicester have money, and Chilwell will cost a lot to prise away from a team desperate to break into the Champions League. The Daily Telegraph report today that another player has come onto Chelsea’s radar as a potential full back signing for the summer: Nicolas Tagliafico of Ajax, who the Telegraph say would be available for £22.4m.
That would be far less than the Foxes starter, but the Argentine will be 28 by the time next season starts, and represents a different kind of target for the Blues, who may feel that spending massive money in a depressed market this summer is a bad idea.
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