Italian transfer website <a href=”http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/europa/sportitalia-il-chelsea-punta-orsolini-pronti-6-milioni-918567″ target=”_blank”>Tutto Mercato Web</a> has linked Chelsea with Ascoli winger Riccardo Orsolini.
It’s a surprising rumour, given the 19 year old isn’t well known and has previously only been linked with teams more on the level of Watford.
But the Italian press are reporting that the 19 year old right winger has come to Antonio Conte’s attention thanks to some strong performances in the Italian second division.
The suspicion is that we are interested in the player simply to add him to the ranks of the loan army, to see whether he can improve enough in a few years to be a potential player for us in the future – or more likely just improve enough for us to sell him on at a profit. Given he will only cost around £5m according to the Italian press, it wouldn’t be hard to make a profit on reselling him.
With that in mind, it doesn’t seem like there’s a huge amount to lose in this deal.
