{"id":5425,"date":"2018-09-13T20:59:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:18:21","slug":"chelsea-star-targeted-by-ac-and-inter-milan-as-he-nears-end-of-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chelsea-star-targeted-by-ac-and-inter-milan-as-he-nears-end-of-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea star targeted by AC and Inter Milan as he nears end of contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are set to lose one of their star midfielder in the next transfer windows as Maurizio Sarri settles into his preferred midfield pairing.<\/p>\n<p>The former Napoli boss signed Jorginho and Matteo Kovacic this summer and the duo has been impressing in the Chelsea midfield as the former Premier League champions stay unbeaten in the division.<\/p>\n<p>The impressive form of the starting midfielders has made it impossible for Cesc Fabregas to get playing time and 31 years old may be set to leave the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Reports on Sun Sport claims that the former Arsenal and Barcelona man is been tracked by Inter Milan and AC Milan as the Italians look to bolster their midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Inter were desperate to sign Luka Modric in the last transfer window, but Real Madrid refused to sell, they seem to have turned their attention to Fabregas.<\/p>\n<p>Milan signed Tiemeoue Bakayoko on-loan from Chelsea this summer but he has been far from convincing so far. They believe Fabregas would offer much more in terms of experience and skill.<\/p>\n<p>Fabregas has just over 8 months left on his current deal, and the Italian teams are hoping Chelsea would agree to sell him in the next transfer window, or they would bag him for free next summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are set to lose one of their star midfielder in the next transfer windows as Maurizio Sarri settles into his preferred midfield pairing. The former Napoli boss signed Jorginho and Matteo Kovacic this summer and the duo has been impressing in the Chelsea midfield as the former Premier League champions stay unbeaten in the division. The impressive form of the starting midfielders has made it impossible for Cesc Fabregas to get playing time and 31 years old may be set to leave the Blues. Reports on Sun Sport claims that the former Arsenal and Barcelona man is been tracked by Inter Milan and AC Milan as the Italians look to bolster their midfield. Inter were desperate to sign Luka Modric in the last transfer window, but Real Madrid refused to sell, they seem to have turned their attention to Fabregas. Milan signed Tiemeoue Bakayoko on-loan from Chelsea this summer but he has been far from convincing so far. They believe Fabregas would offer much more in terms of experience and skill. Fabregas has just over 8 months left on his current deal, and the Italian teams are hoping Chelsea would agree to sell him in the next transfer window, or they would bag him for free next summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea star targeted by AC and Inter Milan as he nears end of contract - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chelsea-star-targeted-by-ac-and-inter-milan-as-he-nears-end-of-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chelsea star targeted by AC and Inter Milan as he nears end of contract - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea are set to lose one of their star midfielder in the next transfer windows as Maurizio Sarri settles into his preferred midfield pairing. 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