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Kerim Alajbergovic is yet to find a new club and this is turning into a transfer opportunity for Arsenal and Chelsea.<\/strong><\/p>\n The talent was on show at the World Cup after an impressive season at Salzburg. Bayer Leverkusen decided to bring him back on a permanent basis but the teenager\u2019s future is far from secure in Germany.<\/p>\n Several clubs have lined up for his signature, with Sport Witness having previously covered AS Roma\u2019s initial approach. Sunderland were credited with interest and Aston Villa were also linked with a move for the youngster.<\/p>\n Now, it is Chelsea and Arsenal who could have an advantage in the race.<\/p>\n L\u2019Eco di Bergamo report Atalanta are struggling to meet Leverkusen\u2019s demands for Alajbegovic. They have offered a little over \u20ac20m, with the Bundesliga club still aiming to earn \u20ac30m from a sale.<\/p>\n There is belief a deal could yet close at \u20ac25m, but the talent may have to push for the deal. So far, he hasn\u2019t done that, with Chelsea and Arsenal also mentioned as suitors.<\/p>\n The report adds that Alajbegovic isn\u2019t the priority for Atalanta either. He is only an additional signing that improves their attack, which is an important point to consider.<\/p>\n Tuttomercatoweb clarify that La Dea have no intention of meeting Leverkusen\u2019s \u20ac30m valuation.<\/p>\n Roma could join the race again but \u2018an offer from the Premier League\u2019 is on Leverkusen\u2019s table. The name of the club remains unknown but it is a sign that the player\u2019s future could lie in England.<\/p>\n Clearly, a move to Italy is looking complex for Alajbegovic. Attempts have been made to find him a Serie A club but financially, that looks difficult now.<\/p>\n This should alarm Chelsea and Arsenal, who shouldn\u2019t have problems paying \u20ac30m. The player is a future star and showed glimpses of that at the World Cup. He was excellent in helping Bosnia qualify for the tournament too, impressing against Italy in the play-off final.<\/p>\n Ideally, he would want to join a club where he plays regularly. Both the London clubs could loan him out before bringing him back to further his development.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kerim Alajbergovic is of interest to Arsenal and Chelsea Kerim Alajbergovic is yet to find…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Atalanta struggling<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Our take: Deal comes down to money<\/strong><\/h2>\n