{"id":513342,"date":"2023-06-07T12:55:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=513342"},"modified":"2023-06-07T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:55:59","slug":"sources-ac-milan-talks-advance-on-signing-chelsea-star-loftus-cheek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-ac-milan-talks-advance-on-signing-chelsea-star-loftus-cheek\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: AC Milan talks advance on signing Chelsea star Loftus-Cheek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AC Milan are still keen to land Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek with talks continuing over a potential deal, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea will sell the 27-year-old in the summer window, but talks are still in the early stages with clubs only now focusing on their transfer business following the conclusion of the 2022-23 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milan are keen to bring the England international in and tried to do a deal in January, but were unable to convince the London side to enter talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 First Pochettino signing! Chelsea close in on \u00a352m star, five-year deal on the table\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yn8ZfVyTHcg?start=10&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also several Premier League sides keen to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/ruben-loftus-cheek\/profil\/spieler\/202886\">Loftus-Cheek<\/a> &#8211; and Milan are well aware that the Chelsea star may choose to remain in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has just 12 months remaining on his contract at Stamford Bridge &#8211; which also includes a club option for an additional year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong>&nbsp;revealed last month (23 May) that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-ruben-loftus-cheek-closes-in-on-chelsea-exit-as-ac-milan-make-their-move\/\">Chelsea are not planning to take up that option &#8211; and are preparing to make Loftus-Cheek available for transfer this summer.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AC Milan opened preliminary talks prior to the conclusion of the 2022-23 campaign &#8211; but are now ramping up their pursuit of the former Crystal Palace loanee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central midfielder made 19 starts among 25 total Premier League appearances in a disappointing season for Chelsea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loftus-Cheek has made a total of 155 appearances for Chelsea and has played for England on 10 occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-331290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/rsz_1002591408-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 27-year-old will be heading for a summer exit as Chelsea seek to balance their books for Financial Fair Play regulations and make room for Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Football Insider <\/strong>revealed on Monday (5 June) that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/revealed-path-clears-for-chelsea-to-sign-moises-caicedo-as-three-deals-close\/\">the Londoners are set to step up their interest in Brighton star Moises Caicedo after a move for Sporting CP star Manuel Ugarte fell through.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-chelsea-may-offer-30m-valued-star-in-part-exchange-for-moises-caicedo\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-chelsea-may-offer-30m-valued-star-in-part-exchange-for-moises-caicedo\/\">Chelsea may offer \u00a330m-valued star in part-exchange for Caicedo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan are still keen to land Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek with talks continuing over a potential deal, sources have told Football Insider. Chelsea will sell the 27-year-old in the summer window, but talks are still in the early stages with clubs only now focusing on their transfer business following the conclusion of the 2022-23 <em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":513361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[144,7,4,570],"tags":[17,34],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513368,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513342\/revisions\/513368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}