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title: "Chelsea to rival Arsenal for Atalanta’s Bryan Cristante"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "George Rogan"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-04-30T15:00:34Z"
modified: "2018-04-30T15:00:34Z"
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# Chelsea to rival Arsenal for Atalanta’s Bryan Cristante

Chelsea are preparing to rival Arsenal for the signature of in-demand Atalanta midfielder Bryan Cristante in the summer.

[Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11353781/arsenal-and-chelsea-tracking-atalantas-bryan-cristante)report that the Blues, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund are all interested in signing the Italian.

The centre-midfielder was on loan at the Serie A side to start the season but his deal was made permanent this year, following a brilliant start.

![Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/887951268.jpg)

Atalanta currently sit sixth in the league and Cristante has contributed massively to that, scoring nine goals in 32 appearances. The 23-year-old even scored the equaliser as they came back from two down to draw 2-2 with Juventus back in October.

Most notably for English fans, he scored in both ties against Everton in this season’s Europa League including a double in the 5-1 victory at Goodison Park.

Cristante’s performances led to him being called up to the Italian national team for the first time in October, making his debut as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Macedonia.

Roman Abramovich likes his side to invest in players and make profit, so the £30 million-rated player would be a good investment for a long period of time if his performances stay at this high level.