Before his move from Bologna to Arsenal in 2024, Chelsea were also said to have had an interest in Riccardo Calafiori.
To the present, and it looks like the Blues still have Calafiori on their radar.
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Chelsea could offer Riccardo Calafiori minutes at centre-back
This season, Calafiori has mostly played at left-back. However, journalist Simon Phillips has claimed on Si Phillips Talks Chelsea that the 23-year-old wants to be utilised in central defence.
As a result, according to Phillips, Chelsea could now try to take advantage of that and offer Calafiori the opportunity to play there amid interest in the defender, who cost the Gunners £42m.
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Liam Rosenior is not short of centre-half options. In his current squad, he has Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Mamadou Sarr, Benoit Badiashile, Josh Acheampong, Tosin Adarabioyo and Levi Colwill.
However, other than Chalobah, none of those other names have been able to show any kind of consistency this season. Colwill has been out with an ACL injury so is exempt.
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