Chelsea fans have urged their club to sign AS Roma’s Radja Nainggolan after reports emerged the Serie A giants will listen to offers for the midfielder this summer.
The Belgian has been heavily linked with a move away from the Serie A giants in recent summers to both Chelsea and Manchester United.
While Roma’s stance previously was that Nainggolan was not for sale, GianlucaDiMarzio.com now claim the Italian’s are willing to part ways with the 30-year-old, and have already opened talks with rivals with Inter Milan about a potential switch.
But Nainggolan is unlikely to favour a move to Milan should he leave Roma this summer, having previously spoken of his desire to play in the Premier League one day.
Roma are also likely to prefer Nainggolan to make the move to England rather than lose him to one of their rival clubs in Italy.
The news will come as a huge boost to Chelsea and Antonio Conte especially, with the Italian a big admirer of the Belgian and having previously tried to lure him to Stamford Bridge.
Prior to Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Roma earlier in the season, Conte spoke very highly of Nainggolan, saying: “In the past, we tried to buy him but now Nainggolan is Roma’s player and I have great respect for him, great respect for Roma and great respect for my players.
“He’s a really good player, for me one of the best midfielders.”
Nainggolan’s contract with Roma expires in 2021, and the Serie A side are unlikely to listen to any offers short of £40 million for the highly rated midfielder.
Could the long awaited move for the Belgian playmaker finally happen? The Chelsea fans sure hope so …
The Ninja have spirit and heart!! he should be a good singning
— Olivier (@Olivier_R5) June 13, 2018
Good fit anywhere, top class player
— GARY YOUNG (@garyyoung69) June 13, 2018
Yes 100% they need to be more dynamic in the middle of the park dare I say more aggressive
— Mattïas Amadeus 🐺 (@mattwolf25) June 13, 2018
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Would love to have him 👍🏻
— BlueLondon CFC 🔵 (@BlueLondon_CFC) June 13, 2018
Can you imagine kante, nainggolan and RLC 💉💉. Please @ChelseaFC
— HH (@hudsonhazard10) June 14, 2018
His box to box style would suit kante a lot. He can take the offensive duties of kante(which bakayoko failed to do) and allow kante to be a pure destroyer then releaser.
— Matty Hillis🍞 (@MattyHillis1) June 14, 2018
Snap him up#CFC
— Mathew Sheldon (@MathewSheldon3) June 14, 2018