Chelsea are seriously considering a move to bring Inter Milan right-back, Achraf Hakimi, to the club this summer, according to reports.
Hakimi came through the ranks with Real Madrid and he played
17 times for them during the 2017/18 campaign.
With first-team opportunities hard to come by, the full-back
joined Borussia Dortmund on a two-year loan ahead of the 2018/19 season.
His spell in the Bundesliga proved to be the making of
Hakimi as he played 73 times for the German outfit across two seasons.
Hakimi’s loan spell concluded at the end of last summer and,
with clubs around Europe interested, he eventually to join Inter Milan for a
fee believed to be around €40m.
And he has been in sensational form this season for Inter
Milan, who lifted the Scudetto, contributing seven goals and eight assists in
37 Serie A appearances.
That has led to interest from a number of clubs, including
Pl side Arsenal, who are reportedly willing to pay £43m for Hakimi’s
services.
It is understood that ‘Inter’s well-documented cash-flow
issues, exacerbated by the pandemic, saw them miss the first instalment of €10
million due to Madrid on the player’s transfer.’
A move for Hakimi has been ‘discussed extensively by the
Chelsea hierarchy, scouting department and [Thomas] Tuchel’ with the report
insisting that Reece James’
appearances at right-sided centre-back means ‘there
would be a way of fitting both players into his line-up’.
Paris Saint-Germain have ‘expressed an interest’ while the
report also touches on interest from Arsenal and points out that ‘a fee of
around €55million (£47million) has been mooted’.
There is no situation at the moment (with Hakimi). I haven’t
talked to any club and I don’t think Inter have either. It is a difficult time
for football, there is a difficult economic situation.
“I think it is not possible today to say who will leave
Inter to fix this difficult economic situation.
“He (Hakimi) is very young, joining Inter was a very
intelligent decision. When the transfer window opens, we receive calls for all
the players.
“The transfer market begins and if Inter are in trouble we
will understand what to do. The market will tell.”
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