Chelsea set Cesare Casadei asking price as deal edges closer – sources
Chelsea are demanding a fee of £20million for Torino midfield target Cesare Casadei, sources have told Football Insider.
The Serie A side are big admirers of the 21-year-old and are keen to bring him to Turin this month.
Casadei is well down the pecking order at Chelsea and they are open to selling him on a permanent basis before the 3 February deadline.
The Blues are demanding £20million for the central midfielder, but Torino cannot afford to part with that kind of figure in the mid-season window.
Negotiations are ongoing between the two clubs with Chelsea also keen to include a buy-back clause in any potential agreement.
It is believed the Blues will not let the Italy Under-21 international leave Stamford Bridge for a knockdown price.
Casadei has played six times in the Uefa Conference League and League Cup so far in the 2024-25 campaign.
Chelsea want £20m and buy-back in Casadei deal
He has made the bench in the Premier League on four occasions this term but has not been called into action by Enzo Maresca.
The 21-year-old spent the first half of the 2023-24 campaign on loan with Leicester before being recalled 12 months ago.
Casadei joined Chelsea from Inter Milan in August 2022 for a reported initial fee of £12.6million plus £4.2million in add-ons.
He is under contract at Stamford Bridge until June 2028.
The midfielder, who turns 22 on Friday (10 January), has made 17 senior appearances for the Blues.
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