Chelsea Transfer Rumours Round-Up

According to the Daily Star:

Chelsea reach agreement: Antonio Conte set to sign £20m Juventus winger

Chelsea have a verbal agreement to sign Juventus winger Kwadwo Asamoah, according to reports. 

Incoming Blues boss Antonio Conte is keen on a reunion with the Ghanaian after bringing him to Juventus in 2012. 

Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport claim Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is willing to spend up to £20m to sign the 27-year-old midfielder. 

And CalcioMercatoWeb report there is a verbal agreement in place for the winger to move to Stamford Bridge this summer.

WeAin’tGotNoHistory report on rumours about Spanish striker Álvaro Morata:

Chelsea enter race for £40m Juventus striker once signed by Antonio Conte 

According to Sky Italia journalist Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have entered the race to acquire Spanish international striker Álvaro Morata. 

The 23-year-old has been with Serie A serial champions Juventus since the summer of 2014, arriving from Real Madrid for €20 million, but with the Spanish club having an option to buy him back for €30 million. Morata was one of incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s transfer targets when the Italian was at helm in Turin, but Conte resigned from the team (to eventually take charge of the national team) four days before Morata’s arrival. 

An earlier report from Romano in the Guardian indicates that Real plan to activate the clause to then sell Morata to the highest bidder among the clubs interested. Along with Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly keen on Morata, with the latter already in talks with his agent. Morata's going rate is supposedly around £40 million.

While the Metro report that Chelsea (among others) are interested in Leicester’s midfield dynamo N’Golo Kante:

Chelsea could pay more than £20m clause for N’Golo Kante transfer

Chelsea are reportedly ready to pay whatever it takes to seal the transfer of Leicester City midfielder N’Golo Kante. 

The Blues are determined to land a top defensive midfield player this summer, but look to have missed out on their prime target Radja Nainggolan. 

Chelsea now hope they can beat Arsenal to the signing of Kante, who has stood out as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League this season.

Arsenal’s interest in Kante has been well-documented given his rumoured £20million release clause, but Chelsea could pay beyond that to win the race for his signature, according to L’Equipe.