The person who first introduced to Cagliari has revealed that Chelsea’s curiosity within the younger right-back was no last-minute intervention, the Premier League membership had been monitoring the participant for a whole yr earlier than lastly shifting to finish the signing forward of Inter.
Guido Angelozzi, the previous Cagliari sporting director who took an opportunity on Palestra final summer season, made the disclosure to , confirming what had lengthy been suspected, that Chelsea had been working within the background all through Inter’s protracted pursuit of the defender, ready for the appropriate second to strike.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – MARCH 20: Marco Palestra of Cagliari reacts in the course of the Serie A match between and at Stadio Sant’Elia on March 20, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Photographs)
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The revelation provides essential context to why the deal finally swung Chelsea’s method.
Inter had agreed private phrases with and reached a broad understanding with Atalanta over a charge within the area of €50 million, however the participant finally selected the Premier League, a call that now seems to have been formed by a longer-standing Chelsea relationship than had beforehand been understood.