Juventus ‘make contact’ with Chelsea defender Emerson’s representatives as they look to push through January transfer
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JUVENTUS have reportedly contacted Chelsea to open transfer negotiations for left-back Emerson Palmieri.
The 25-year-old has struggled for match action under Blues boss Frank Lampard and has made just 12 appearances this season.
Now Maurizio Sarri, the man who brought Emerson to Stamford Bridge, wants a reunion with the defender at Juventus.
And claim the Serie A giants they have already been in discussions with the Premier League club over a potential January move.
Emerson wants assurances from Sarri that he will be a regular starter before he contemplates a return to Italy.
A loan move with the option to buy permanently in the summer seems the most likely scenario if Sarri can convince the Brazil-born Italy international to join him.
Juventus currently have both Alex Sandro and Mattia De Sciglio competing for left-back.
Chelsea will almost certainly want to buy a replacement before allowing Emerson to depart.
They have been linked with Leicester’s Ben Chilwell and Bayern Munich’s David Alaba.
Speaking about the Chelsea’s transfer aspirations this window, Lampard said earlier in the week: “We have to get recruitment right, that will be a huge deal.
“Not just who the individuals are that come in, but can they help influence the way we play and the way we want to play?
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“We are certainly joined up in terms that I have very close conversations with Marina [Granovskaia, Chelsea director] very close conversations with Petr Cech [technical and performance advisor] and Scott [McLachlan] who is the head of our recruitment department.
“They know what I want and I will be fundamentally in the middle of who and what we bring into the club. As it stands we are very open about that.
“I know we haven't done anything yet, so there is no proof in that. But if it feels right from my side on the footballing point in January, and from the club side in January, then we will make the moves we make. It is a joint up effort.”