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title: "AC Milan reject Chelsea’s bid for Italian defender"
canonical: "https://readchelsea.com/2016/08/22/ac-milan-reject-chelseas-bid-italian-defender/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Kyle Bennett"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2016-08-22T20:48:32Z"
modified: "2016-08-22T23:11:40Z"
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# AC Milan reject Chelsea’s bid for Italian defender

Well, that didn’t take long!

Just hours after [submitting](https://readchelsea.com/2016/08/22/chelsea-make-bid-for-milan-defender-romagnoli/) a ‘very high’ bid for AC Milan centreback Alessio Romagnoli, Chelsea have seen their offer rejected by the Italian side. Sky Sports are [reporting](https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre) that the bid was £30 million.

It is understood that the Rossoneri are unwilling to sell the Italian international this window, just one year after Romagnoli left Roma for AC Milan for £21 million.

It should also be noted that AC Milan are set to be taken over by new investors, and many journalists in the Italian media see that a potential Romagnoli sale would not be wise considering he’s been earmarked as a future building block for a club so desperate to be rebuilt.

The 21-year-old defender can also play left back and has appeared at every youth level for the Italian national team, but has yet to make his senior debut at international level.

![Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/524092734.jpg)

This is the first known bid for a new centre back, after the Blues have been rebuffed in their numerous attempts to pry Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli, forcing Chelsea to [warn](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/08/22/chelsea-warn-napoli-that-they-will-not-increase-their-offer-for/) the Serie A club that they will not submit a bid higher than their final offer, £40 million.

It is also rumoured that Napoli’s stinginess over the French-born Senegalese defender could open up a £25 million bid from Chelsea for Napoli target Nikola Maksimovic.

Maksimovic has essentially gone on strike at Torino in an attempt to force a move away from Turin.