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Chelsea have sounded out Shakhtar Donetsk over the availability of their Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa as they continue to explore potential recruits in anticipation of losing at least one first-team player ahead of next month’s transfer deadline.
Douglas currently with the Ukrainian club’s squad on a tour of South America, may yet prove a more cost efficient addition than Fiorentina’s Juan Cuadrado, for whom Fiorentina are insisting Chelsea meet the £26.8m buy-out clause in his contract. While talks with the Italian club are on-going in the hope a compromise can be struck, the Premier League leaders have also spoken with Shakhtar and suggested they would be willing to pay up to £20m to secure the 24-year-old Douglas.
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