Chelsea Transfer News: Blues join Tottenham in race to sign 25-goal striker in January

Chelsea have joined Tottenham within the race to signal Juventus striker Jonathan David in January, in line with Italian media.

The Canada worldwide is enduring a torrid time in Serie A after becoming a member of Juventus on a free switch in the summertime. Though a Bosman deal, David was a big funding by the Previous Girl as he’s on a good-looking wage and acquired a big signing-on charge.

He earned it, too. Throughout his 5 years at Lille, the 25-year-old had emerged as one among Europe’s most enjoyable strikers and was being courted by a number of elite suitors.

In his final season in France, David scored a formidable 25 targets, so there was palpable pleasure when he opted to affix Juventus, particularly since Dusan Vlahovic had flattered to deceive since his €83.5 million transfer in 2022.

Nonetheless, expectations have been turned the wrong way up this season as Vlahovic, who’s out of contract in the summertime, has emerged as Juventus’ most dependable striker, whereas David has solely netted as soon as, having merely been a substitute in round half of his video games.

Chelsea enter David race

Due to his troublesome begin to life in Italy, David has been linked with a January exit for weeks. Though switch insider Fabrizio Romano has tried to downplay this hypothesis, it continues unabated within the Italian press.

Tottenham are the aspect most persistently related to a transfer for the misfiring ahead, however Tuttomercatoweb has now added Chelsea to his listing of supposed suitors.

The Blues have struggled to get the perfect out of their strikers thus far this season. Joao Pedro was spectacular in his first few video games, however his targets have dried up currently. Liam Delap has didn’t impress in restricted minutes since his prolonged hamstring harm.

It’s claimed that Chelsea and Spurs are ‘assessing’ David’s scenario and that Juventus could possibly be tempted to money in on him in January, provided that any charge would technically signify a revenue.

Nonetheless, it appears uncertain that Chelsea would look to signal the struggling Canadian for a charge once they may have secured his signature on a Bosman deal in the summertime.

David has been on their radar for years, so they’d have pounced had they felt that he would have been an acceptable signing within the earlier window.

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