Chelsea news: Italian giants join race for 22-year-old defender given green light to leave, Galatasaray make offer

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has given defender Kurt Zouma the green light to leave over the summer according to reports in Turkey.

Turkish sports newspaper Fanatik report that Conte will allow the 22-year-old to leave on loan.

Galatasaray have registered an interest in bringing Zouma in on a temporary move.

Per the source, the Lions could however,r face competition from Italian giants Fiorentina and Lazio.

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Galatasaray manager Igor Tudor reportedly wants to make use of his close ties to former Juventus teammate and current Chelsea boss Antonio Conte as leverage for a summer move.

Tudor does however, face the possibility of not making it to do the summer.

Galatasaray are in terrible form and face the prospect of dropping out of the top four which would leave them without European competition football.

The Mirror also recently reported that Chelsea are preparing to loan out Zouma so that he can gain experience playing regular football following his knee injury which ruled him out for most of the season.

The Lions will be pushing for loan moves regardless of Tudor’s future at the club due to financial constraints.

The Istanbul giants will have to keep within budget to avoid being suspended form European competition for another season.