Chelsea Contact AS Roma For £55m-rated Winger

Former European champions Chelsea have reportedly made contact with Italian Serie A club AS Roma over the transfer availability of winger Cengiz Under.

According to the publication from Turkish-Football, Chelsea have made an enquiry over the transfer availability of AS Roma star Cengiz Under who has been interest from far and near in the last few months.

Apart from Chelsea, fellow London clubs like Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have been touted as a possible destination for the 21-year-old.

It could take as much as £55m to secure his signing from the Italian capital club.

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Arsenal scouts watched him in action earlier this year when he scored a very good goal in a league match with Inter Milan which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Cengiz Under began his football career at Turkish club Altinordu before joining Istanbul Basaksehir FC of the Super Lig in Turkey in 2016.

The Turkish international player scored nine goals in 43 games for Istanbul Basaksehir before joining AS Roma at the start of last season.

Cengiz Under has scored 12 goals in 57 games for Roma in all competitions since signing for the club.

He was part of the Roma team that reached the last four of last season’s Champions League.