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Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Chiesa have both been put up for sale by Juventus.

Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio says reported Chelsea and Manchester United target Dusan Vlahovic has been put “on the market” by Juventus.

Vlahovic joined the Old Lady from Fiorentina for around £71million in the 2022 winter transfer window.

He was strongly linked with a move to Arsenal but the player had no interest in moving to the Emirates, which did the Gunners no favours in their failed bid to finish in the Premier League’s top four in 2021/22.

18 months after signing for Juventus, the Serbia striker is being linked with an exit.

Vlahovic has not been as successful at the Allianz Stadium as first hoped, though it would be very harsh to say he has flopped.

Italian clubs always seem to be skint and Juventus are no different. They are reportedly open to selling Vlahovic, who is attracting interest from Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and Aston Villa.

United are the only team out of those four who can offer the 23-year-old Champions League football, so a move to Old Trafford does make sense, even if Erik ten Hag has made Atalanta’s Rasmus Hojlund his number-one target.

Ten Hag could change his stance having learned that Vlahovic is up for sale, however.

This is according to Di Marzio, who says Juventus are listening to offers for the Serbian international and Federico Chiesa.

“Dusan Vlahovic is practically on the market in the sense that Juventus will listen to any offer, both Dusan Vlahovic and Chiesa,” he said.

“But it also depends on the players. Aston Villa have bid €60m for Chiesa but he hasn’t even listened to the offer as he doesn’t want to join Aston Villa. He only wants to play at top clubs.

“With Vlahovic, it depends on both him and his agents, who are tough guys. They really want to be in control of the business.

“Vlahovic’s agents are not people who say you have to go here and there. They want to control the player’s future and they want them to go where they see fit.

“Getting a contract with Vlahovic is not easy, but it is not certain that he will play for Juventus next season because Bayern Munich will try to get him if they don’t get Harry Kane.”

Di Marzio adds that if Vlahovic leaves, Juve will try to sign Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku, who is desperate to re-join Inter.

“It’s an open game for Vlahovic and he’s not an out-of-market player,” he added. “But Juventus are also waiting because if he leaves they will try to target Romelu Lukaku.

“But Lukaku is keen to return to Inter and is waiting for Inter to make another offer to Chelsea after the latter rejected Inter’s first loan deal with a €25m buy-in obligation.

“Inter will definitely make another offer in the next few days and Lukaku is very likely to return to Inter, but if not, of course he can go to Juventus if they sell Vlahovic.”