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Chelsea Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Leonardo Bonucci and Antoine Griezmann
- Updated: October 16, 2016
Chelsea’s pursuit of Juventus star Leonardo Bonucci looks to have hit something of a snag, as the Serie A champions are doing everything in their power to keep the defender in Turin.
In order to shake off the attention of Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, who worked with Bonucci during his time at Juve and with the national team, the Italian club are set to offer their man a bumper new deal.
When talking with Italian TV station Premium Sport, club CEO Giuseppe Marotta revealed his ambitions for the future, including the players he wishes to tie down to fresh, long-term deals—via James Gray of Daily Express:
The renewals of Dybala and Bonucci—they are two players that have long contracts. [But] we are talking with them to see them [extend] again, because it is the players’ performance in the team, and because it is right to also adapt them according to the balance within the squad and their place in it.
Bonucci signed a contract extension only last summer, with that deal …
