Chelsea and Man City 'intend to sign' Leicester City defender with Real Madrid an 'option'

Chelsea, Manchester City and Juventus "intend to sign" Leicester City defender Çaglar Söyüncü.

Söyüncü is one of a handful of players who could leave to help fund Brendan Rodgers' healthy refresh this summer, with Ayoze Perez, Hamza Choudhury and Jannik Vestergaard also among the candidates to leave.

According to Spanish outlet AS, Chelsea, Man City and Juventus are all keen on the defender, who is said to be valued at €40m. His Leicester contract is set to expire in the summer of 2023, so the club are likely to cash in now rather than attempt to tie him down to a new deal.

Real Madrid also see Söyüncü as an "option", though they are signing Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger on a free transfer this summer.

Barcelona reportedly tried to sign Söyüncü between 2014 and 2016, when he was at Turkish side Altinordu, but he instead moved to SC Freiburg in the German Bundesliga.

His former agent Mustafa Dogru has commented on a potential transfer, telling AS: “It is possible that Çaglar can go to play for Barcelona this summer. Barca already wanted to sign him when he played for Altınordu.

“We have negotiated with them, and they had presented a project. But we thought that he should go to a team where he is a permanent starter, for him to develop properly. For this reason, we decided to accept the Freiburg proposal.

“I think clubs such as Liverpool, City or Chelsea have the power to sign Çaglar Söyüncü in the Premier League due to their economic conditions, but we must not forget French teams. PSG could be a surprise.”