According to reports in Italy, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has made contact with Palermo midfielder Javier Pastore in an effort to lure the 21-year-old to London next summer.
The prodigiously gifted Argentina international was linked with a £40 million move to Manchester City a fortnight ago, and has in the past attracted the attentions of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but Sport Italia suggest Ancelotti has held informal talks with the Palermo star, who is said to be enthused by the prospect of a move to the Premier League champions.
Pastore, whose burgeoning reputation is reflected in the youngster’s tenuous nickname of “Kaka Argentino”, recently denied reports linking him with a move to Inter Milan but Sport Italia indicate the player could be available in the summer.
Ancelotti’s Serie A ties suggest Chelsea are the frontrunners, but Manchester City’s superior financial clout would enable Roberto Mancini to rival his Premier league counterpart given Palermo’s £40 million valuation.
Pastore was strongly linked with a move to Manchester United when he was a teenager plying his trade for Huracan, in the Argentinean Clausura, but at the time the midfielder was said to have a complex third ownership deal which is commonplace in South America, and it subsquently put Sir Alex Ferguson off pursuing the talented playmaker.
The prodigiously gifted Argentina international was linked with a £40 million move to Manchester City a fortnight ago, and has in the past attracted the attentions of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but Sport Italia suggest Ancelotti has held informal talks with the Palermo star, who is said to be enthused by the prospect of a move to the Premier League champions.
Pastore, whose burgeoning reputation is reflected in the youngster’s tenuous nickname of “Kaka Argentino”, recently denied reports linking him with a move to Inter Milan but Sport Italia indicate the player could be available in the summer.
Ancelotti’s Serie A ties suggest Chelsea are the frontrunners, but Manchester City’s superior financial clout would enable Roberto Mancini to rival his Premier league counterpart given Palermo’s £40 million valuation.
Pastore was strongly linked with a move to Manchester United when he was a teenager plying his trade for Huracan, in the Argentinean Clausura, but at the time the midfielder was said to have a complex third ownership deal which is commonplace in South America, and it subsquently put Sir Alex Ferguson off pursuing the talented playmaker.
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