{"id":6976,"date":"2026-05-11T01:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:50:55","slug":"chelsea-eyeing-shock-move-for-24yo-ac-milan-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6976","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea eyeing shock move for 24yo AC Milan star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">May 9, 2026 20:05 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestPavlovic_2026.jpg\" title=\"Chelsea eyeing shock move for 24yo AC Milan star\" alt=\"Chelsea eyeing shock move for 24yo AC Milan star\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Pavlovic to Chelsea?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Chelsea are weighing up a surprise move for AC Milan centre-back <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Strahinja Pavlovic<\/span><\/span>  ahead of the summer transfer window.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The Blues recently saw the long-awaited return of <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Levi Colwill<\/span><\/span>  from a serious knee injury, but they are eyeing another left-footed centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>Pavlovic has caught their eye amid his impressive performances for the Rossoneri in Serie A. The Serbian is a strong ball-playing central defender and has also impressed with his aerial and physical presence.<\/p>\n<p>Milan are pushing for Champions League football with a top-four league finish. Regardless, they are expected to consider offers of \u00a343 million for Pavlovic as they seek to balance their financial books.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and several Saudi Arabian clubs have contacted the player&#8217;s entourage, and Chelsea have now joined the pursuit of the 24-year-old, who is open to a new challenge away from Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have a challenge on their hands to convince the player, given he may not be guaranteed a starting role which has been the case at Milan<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news May 9, 2026 20:05 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6976","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\/6976","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=6976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}