{"id":155221,"date":"2018-07-26T08:07:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T08:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/blues-to-make-formal-bid-for-ex-liverpool-goalkeeper-pepe-reina-on-thursday\/"},"modified":"2018-07-26T08:07:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T08:07:44","slug":"blues-to-make-formal-bid-for-ex-liverpool-goalkeeper-pepe-reina-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/26\/blues-to-make-formal-bid-for-ex-liverpool-goalkeeper-pepe-reina-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues to make formal bid for ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">Pepe le blue<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"33\">\n<p>Maurizio Sarri is reportedly keen on bringing the glovesman to Stamford Bridge having worked with him at Napoli<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"70.173602853746\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Chelsea will make a formal bid for ex-Liverpool star Pepe Reina on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Reina, the goalkeeper, was linked with a shock move to Stamford Bridge earlier this week, despite only joining Milan on a free transfer at the beginning of the month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-403993\" alt=\"Reina debuted for Milan in their pre-season friendly against Manchester United\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/GettyImages-1005458064.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"674\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tReina debuted for Milan in their pre-season friendly against Manchester United\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 35-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/349540\/former-liverpool-goalkeeper-pepe-reina-set-talks-ac-milan-over-summer-transfer-180307274641\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penned a three-year deal<\/a> with the Rossoneri after leaving Napoli \u2013 where he played under Maurizio Sarri, the new Chelsea manager \u2013 at the expiration of his contract at the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Spain international could leave the\u00a0Giuseppe Meazza just days after signing for Milan, with Chelsea set to make a formal approach for the keeper.<\/p>\n<p>\t<!--googleoff: all--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white\">\n<div class=\"sun-row \">\n<div class=\"col sun-col-6\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic  rail--trending theme-main\" data-slide-count=\"4\" data-slide-count-tablet=\"4\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container\">\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/403800\/wolverhampton-wanderers-transfer-news-nuno-espirito-santo-launches-18m-bid-for-adama-traore\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline theme__copy-color\">\n\t\t\t\twhere there&#8217;s a wilf\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rail__item-sub\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#8216;Chelsea should replace Hazard with Zaha&#8217;\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/403637\/chelsea-eden-hazard-crystal-palace-wilfried-zaha\/\" class=\"rail__item-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail__item .swiper-slide -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .swiper-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .swiper-container -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .rail .{rail} .swiper-video-rail .{theme-slug} --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .col .sun-col-6 -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .sun-row .{row} .rail-video-index-->\n\t<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .sun-grid-container .sun-grid-container--{color} --><br \/>\n\t<!--googleon: all--><\/p>\n<p>According to Tuttosport, Blues officials have travelled to Milan to submit a bid for Reina, which is said to be worth around \u00a35million (\u20ac6m).<\/p>\n<p>Milan are said to be considering cashing in on Reina, knowing they will make a hefty profit on the player signed for nothing less than a month ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-402580\" alt=\"Reina was one of the Premier League\u2019s best goalkeepers in his eight years at Liverpool\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/GettyImages-79957268.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=636&amp;quality=100\" width=\"636\" height=\"960\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tReina was one of the Premier League\u2019s best goalkeepers in his eight years at Liverpool\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chelsea have already brought one goalkeeper to Stamford Bridge this summer, with former England international <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/403961\/chelsea-sign-rob-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Green confirmed<\/a> as the west London club\u2019s second summer signing, after midfielder Jorginho, on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"2\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-403965 size-thesun-article-image\" alt=\"Green joined Chelsea on Thursday morning to provide goalkeeper cover\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/GettyImages-468831382.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"712\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tGreen joined Chelsea on Thursday morning to provide goalkeeper cover\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Green, who penned a one-year deal with the Blues after leaving Huddersfield at the end of last season, will act as understudy to Thibaut Courtois and Willy Caballero, though doubts remain about the former\u2019s future, with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/400766\/chelsea-transfer-news-thibaut-courtois-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid hoping<\/a> to take him back to Spain this 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