Chelsea suffer setback in chase for Serbian playmaker

The brother of Lazio midfielder Sergey Milinkovic-Savic has revealed the Serbian is keen on making a move to Juventus.

The 22 year old has been linked to Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool among other clubs in recent months, but Torino keeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic has told TV network Eleven Sports (via Football-Italia.net) that a switch to Juve interests him.

Back in June, former Chelsea player Mateja Kezman, who is now the Lazio star’s agent, told Calciomercato.com that the midfielder had been subject to multiple bids of over €50m this summer but the player was only interested in staying in Rome.

The player’s brother Vanja has only just moved to Italian football himself after making the switch to Torino from Lechia Gdansk at the start of this month.

Both players were actually born in Spain but have a Serbian father who played professional football in the country. So far, the brothers have only made appearances for Serbia, with caps at Under 21 level.