Chelsea might be set to miss out on signing Eintracht Frankfurt striker Luka Jovic.
The forward is on loan at the Bundesliga club from Benfica, but the Germans will sign him then sell him if the Serbian is indeed to be on the move this summer.
With many European clubs said to be eager to capture the 21-year-old’s signature, Barcelona appear to have fired the first shot.
A Calcio Mercato report claims that club chiefs have met with Jokic’s representatives, with a move seeming to be drawing closer by the day.
Chelsea were one of the first teams to be linked with a move for the forward, but now might – for a multitude of reasons – miss out on signing the starlet.
The pending court case to determine the Blues’ transfer ban could bar them from signing anyone next season, but it seems as though the Jokic ship may have already sailed.
