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Chelsea ready to make £60m move for Inter Milan midfielder
Date published: Tuesday 18th May 2021 5:23 - Robert McCarthy
Chelsea are reportedly exploring the possibility of a £60million bid for highly-rated Inter Milan midfielder Nicolo Barella this summer.
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24-year-old played a major role as Antonio Conte’s side recently claimed their first Serie A title in 11 years. Indeed, he featured in 35 league matches Inter and was named in the Serie A Team of the Season for the second successive campaign.
However, Inter’s success is expected to spark a transfer scramble for some of their top names. That includes the likes of strikers Romelu Lukaku and Lauturo Martinez, centre-back Milan Skriniar and Barella.
Ed Dove 14:21 EAT 11/05/2021 Which African players have ever received a vote in the standings since the continent s stars were included in 1995? Getty George Weah
To date, the only African player to ever win the Ballon d’Or, Weah clinched the award in 1995 the first year that the prize was opened to non-European players.
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In that year, he defeated Jurgen Klinsmann in second place by 144 votes to 108, and would also pick up 13 votes the next year.
Finidi George
One of the players defeated by Weah in 1995, Finidi actually picked up six votes that year the only occasion when the Nigeria wideman would receive any Ballon d’Or recognition.