Chelsea Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Eden Hazard and Leonardo Bonucci

Chelsea could reportedly be prepared to offer star winger Eden Hazard to Juventus as part of a deal to sign centre-back Leonardo Bonucci.

According to Alvise Cagnazzo in the Sun, Bonucci is Blues boss Antonio Conte’s No. 1 target as he looks to shore up his back line, and Chelsea are hoping they can tempt Juve into selling the Italy international by offering Hazard in part-exchange.

Cagnazzo previously reported that the Old Lady would be prepared to let Bonucci, 29, move to Stamford Bridge in exchange for Cesc Fabregas and “a record sum of money for a defender.”

Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri would still rather sign the Spaniard, but Chelsea want to include Hazard—who, at 25, is worth more than 29-year-old Fabregas—in the deal instead in order to reduce the amount of cash they would have to pay the Serie A giants.

Per Alistair Tweedale in the Telegraph, Bonucci is valued at £60 million by Juventus, so Chelsea will have to smash the world-record fee for a defender—currently the £50 million Paris Saint-Germain paid the Blues for …

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