Chelsea negotiating £9.6m offer for player they signed for £12.6m in 2022 | OneFootball

Chelsea are currently trying to negotiate the fee in an offer for a player they only signed in 2022 but are looking to now sell already.

The club are trying to do all they can to even spin a slight profit on what they paid for a player who has never been in their plans and let’s face it, never will be.

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Cesare Casadei is a decent young player, but he’s never going to offer anything good enough to maintain a regular starting role for any Chelsea side now or in the future. I am pretty confident in saying that. I can see him having a decent career in Serie A though for a reasonable side, but I don’t ever really see him as a regular at a very top team.

Torino would be an ideal move for him and I can see him doing quite well there, and it is them who are making the £9.6m offer to try and sign him this month whilst the winter window is open.

However, Chelsea are trying to negotiate the deal even higher.

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According to Sky Sports, Chelsea paid an initial £12.6m for Casadei in 2022, plus £4.2m in potential future add-ons. Nobody will have any idea whether those add-ons have been reached yet, but there was a definite £12.6m paid at the very least.

So it sounds like Chelsea are trying to get that back and more.

Gianluca Di Marzio reports that Torino have offered £9.6 million for Casadei, with a percentage of future resale. However, Chelsea’s request is to reach a total “package” of £16.6 million with a buy-back option in their favour.

The negotiations are described as being ongoing as the two clubs try to reach an agreement soon.

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