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Chelsea and Arsenal are chasing for the new Italian defender

Two Premier League giants, Arsenal and Chelsea, are chasing to sign the young Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori in this summer transfer window from Italian side Bologna. The Italian defender was a star player for Bologan last season before making his international debut with the Italy senior team in June this year.

Riccardo Calafiori appeared 33 times for Bologna last season and showed stellar performance on the pitch. The 22-year-old defender helped Bologna to qualify for the Champions League for the next season. The club conceded only 32 goals in 38 matches in the league last season and finished as the third-lowest goal-conceding side after Inter and Juventus. Riccardo Calafiori’s club performance earned him a position in Euro 2024 for Italy’s national team and Calafiori also performed brilliantly at the international level for Italy.

Riccardo Calafiori’s performance at Euro 2024 was better than anyone in the Italy team by some distance. The 22-year-old provided a crucial assist against Croatia in the 98th minute to secure Italy’s position in the knockout stage.

Riccardo Calafiori future in Bologna

Big European clubs want to sign Riccardo Calafiori in the summer transfer window, including two premier league giants Arsenal and Chelsea. Arsenal admired Riccardo Calafiori’s playing style and the Gunners’ boss Mikel Arteta wanted to bring the Italian defender to the Emirates. Well, Arsenal already has two outstanding center defenders, William Saliba, and Gabriel, but they still want to bring Riccardo Calafiori to the Premier League title. Last two seasons the Gunners failed to win the league after finishing 2nd twice and losing the title to Manchester City.

On the other side, Chelsea also wants to sign Calafiori. Chelsea are planning to give the left-back position to Calafiori. The Blues already completed the signing of two defenders in the summer, Tosin Adarabioyo from premier league side Fulham and young Renato Veiga from Switzerland side Basel. But the blues still want to bring this young sensation.

Not just Premier League Clubs, Italian side Juventus also want to sign the 22-year-old from Bologna. However both the clubs did not share a good connection because of the rivalry, so this deal might not happen. But still, anything can happen in the transfer market.

Bologna are considering a transfer fee of more than 50M with some add-on for the 22-year-old. Though no clubs have made any offers for the Italian, big European giants are certainly interested in signing Riccardo Calafiori. According to the report of 90min, Gianluca Di Marzio of Sky Sport Italia said that Riccardo Calafiori is much more interested in joining Arsenal over Chelsea in the summer. The Italian international giving more priority to Arsenal.

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