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Chelsea Ready to Meet £45m Asking Price for Juventus Defender Daniele Rugani

Chelsea are set to make a second offer to Juventus for defender Daniele Rugani and meet the Italian champions' asking price £45m, after an initial bid was turned down.

The 23-year-old is rated as one of Europe's highest-rated young defenders, but he has struggled to break into the Juventus starting lineup in recent seasons. Experienced trio Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli and Medhi Benatia have kept the player on the bench and have showed no signs of waning in performance.

As a result, many clubs have now their attention towards the Italian international - who now looks to have fallen out of favour at the Allianz Stadium.