Chelsea have been long time admirers of Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic and have received some positive news that the player is ready to quite life at Real.
The Croatia midfielder is on the verge of leaving the Los Blancos after playing on the fringes of Zinedine Zidane’s squad last season. Kovacic was used mostly from the bench, behind Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, but feels his time is up to begin enjoying more minutes.
Now according to Marca in Spain, via Calciomercato, the player has told new boss Julien Lopetegui that he wants to move away from the club this summer and Chelsea and Juventus are now ready to pounce.
Despite signing Jorginho from Napoli this summer, Chelsea are still looking to strengthen their midfield and want to add Kovacic to their ranks and with Real asking for up to €35 million for their man, a shortlist of suitors including Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and former club Inter Milan will now be reduced as many will like to pay less for him.
