Chelsea and Manchester United will go head to head for AS Roma defender Antonio Rudiger. The 23-year-old is regarded as one of the most promising centre-backs in Europe and Antonio Conte is adamant of landing him at Stamford Bridge after failing to lure Kalidou Koulibaly and Leonardo Bonucci.
John Terry will be 36 and Gary Cahill never seems convincing enough at the heart of the Blues defence.
Chelsea’s pursuit of the German defender suffered a jolt when the defender injured himself just before the EUROs. Chelsea are now set to renew their interest in the defender with a £35million bid with Manchester United also monitoring the situation.
Chelsea exposed United’s shoddy defence as they thrashed the Red Devils 4-0. Although United had acquired Eric Bailly from Villarreal, the gaffer wants to add a defender to his squad.
Manchester City are also very keen on the defender and could join the race to sign him.
