€40m price for elite central defender is just too hopeful for Chelsea this summer

Strahinja Pavlovic is emerging as a top defender, and Chelsea are certainly in need of one of those. They are apparently keen on the AC Milan man.

It’s always nice to read a few transfer rumours to cheer yourself up when things are going wrong – and things are certainly going wrong for Chelsea right now.

Today the Blues, after another game where they looked desperately short of a top central defender, have been linked with AC Milan defender Strahinja Pavlovic. CalcioMercato say that the Blues want the Serbia international, who is considered one of Serie A’s top central defenders.

€40m price impossibly hopeful for an elite centre back at peak age

They cite a price of €40m, but that seems impossibly hopeful for a 24 year old at the peak of their powers. Milan don’t want to sell, which will mean a far higher price in reality.

It would require Chelsea to break their pattern of only signing very young players – which is something many people have told them to do. Sadly, at the moment, we just don’t see it happening.

Paul Merson has been writing about Chelsea’s current predicament, and has called one decision “madness”.

Merson also dropped the rather worrying accusation that he thought Rosenior had lost the dressing room. We’re seeing the same signs.