Fiorentina are claimed to be interested in making a summer swoop for Chelsea outcast Davide Zappacosta who is backed to seal an exit from Stamford Bridge ahead of the start of next season.
The Italian defender spent the 2020-21 campaign at Genoa in a season-long loan agreement and speculation is rife that the player will be seeking a return to his homeland with a couple of clubs wanting to take him in.
Reports from Sky Sports Italy claim that Fiorentina are the latest entrants in the race to sign the 29-year-old whose luck in the Chelsea colours has never really got going and is likely to be offloaded by Thomas Tuchel this summer.
With Chelsea pushing for a mega-money move for the highly-rated Inter Milan wing-back Achraf Hakimi and are engrossed in an evenly contested battle with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, Zappacosta is certain not to possess a future any longer at the Bridge.
Another Italian defender from Chelsea could join Zappacosta on the way out this summer with Emerson another likely candidate to call it quits at the Blues after his sparse first-team involvement these past couple of seasons.
