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Chelsea and Arsenal target in talks to join Atletico Madrid
CHELSEA are reportedly set to be beaten to Faouzi Ghoulam's signature by Atletico Madrid.
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The 24-year-old Napoli star has had his fair share of admirers, with Arsenal also tracking his situation.
The left-back was seen as as a possible replacement for PSG defender Lucas Digne, who has been on Liverpool's radar.
But according to Spanish paper Mundo Deportivo, Atletico have already held exploratory talks with the French-born defender.
I’m not losing my head about this and I’m enjoying my holidays, Napoli is a great club
It is thought the La Liga outfit will make a £21million bid for both Ghoulam and his team-mate Jose Callejon.
Ghoulam recently admitted he is 'flattered' to be linked to Europe's top clubs when he told Algerian paper Le Butuer: "Of course it’s pleasing to be linked with great clubs but I don’t pay too much attention to this.
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“I’m not losing my head about this and I’m enjoying my holidays, Napoli is a great club."
Ghoulam is currently contracted with Napoli until 2018.
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