Juventus intensify effort to secure Jorginho, Emerson from Chelsea

Reports in Italy are gathering steam that Maurizio Sarri wants a reunion with Chelsea midfielder Jorginho at Juventus, same goes for Emerson Palmieri.

But Jorginho has said he wants to continue winning over the fans who had been dubious about him at Stamford Bridge, but a return to Serie A would also be tempting.

He worked with Sarri at Napoli, following him to Chelsea, and would seem to be a natural replacement for Pjanic, who has struggled to get to grips with the tactician’s approach.

Calciomercato.com claim Chelsea are asking for €40m in order to part with Jorginho, having paid €57m to sign him from Napoli in the summer of 2018.

According to Football Italia, it is possible there will be a double deal involving the two clubs, as Jorginho could make the move along with full-back Emerson.

Juve have said they are eager to use exchanges to keep the cost of operations down in future, so they have several players that Chelsea are interested in.

Those include Pjanic, Adrien Rabiot and above all Alex Sandro.