Chelsea have set their sights on a pair of Premier League stars this summer as their interest in Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata has apparently fallen off, according to the Telegraph.
The paper reports the Stamford Bridge club are lining up a bid for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez and Everton's Romelu Lukaku after Antonio Conte met with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia to hammer out transfer plans for this summer.
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Sanchez, who has yet to commit his future to the Emirates club, has interested the Blues as far back as 2011, before he moved from Udinese to Barcelona. He could see Conte & Co. join Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Chinese sides in a bidding war for the Chile star, with his desire to stay in London likely to tip the scales in Chelsea's favour.
Lukaku, meanwhile, has already told Everton he doesn't want to sign a new deal at the club, which has sparked fear around Goodison Park that he's set his mind on rejoining the Blues, who "made enquiries about re-signing Lukaku last year, but are optimistic they stand a better chance of landing the Belgian this time around," according to the paper.
The summer swoop that would cost Chelsea well over £100 million in transfer fees corresponds with the club's sudden apathy toward Real star Morata, who, the outlet says, had told friends he was anticipating a move to London this summer. Oops.
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