Chelsea reportedly offers £160,000 weekly wages to sign creative right-back next month

Chelsea are reportedly in advanced talks to sign Croatia & Celtic right back, Josip Juranovic

As a mainstay for his country on the right side of their defense, Juranovic had a fantastic World Cup in Qatar, the 27-year-old featured in six games and helped the Croatia national team secure qualification to the Semi finals of the competition which they ended up losing to Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina by 3 goals to nil.

His impressive performance is reported to have drawn the interest of top clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona,

According to reports, Chelsea Boss, Graham Potter is reported to be keen on signing the highly-rated defender as he aims to reinforce & add depth to the right back department in which the West Londoners have struggled this campaign with Reece James recent injury highlighting the lack of depth and competition in that position.

Since James’ injury, Potter has deployed several players in that position. Including the likes of Cesar Azpilicueta, Ruben-Loftus Cheek, Denis Zakaria, Christian Pulisic, and even Raheem Sterling, but none have been able to match Englishman performances.

And according to ESPN, The London based outfit have started negotiations regarding the transfer fee, which is reported to be in the region of £17 million & have also taken a step further by offering the creative right back £160,000 weekly wages to lure him away from the Scottish outfit, Celtic.