CHELSEA are preparing a £6.9million bid for former Nottingham Forest defender Anel Ahmedhodzic, according to reports.
The centre-back, 21, left the Championship club for Malmo at the start of last year and has impressed in Sweden.
According to Swedish newspaper Kvallposten, Chelsea are one of several European teams interested in Ahmedhodzic.
The Blues are said to be preparing a £6.9million bid for the youngster, who would be offered a five-year deal.
Ahmedhodzic is under contract in Malmo until 2023.
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Last season saw the player split his campaign split between Malmo and a loan spell at Danish side Hobro.
Upon his return, he was awarded with starts in February’s Europa League defeats to Wolfsburg.
And Ahmedhodzic is now a regular in Malmo’s pursuit of the Allsvenskan title, starting 24 times and scoring twice.
His form earned a call-up to the Swedish national team in January but, despite appearing in a friendly against Moldova, he switched allegiance to Bosnia for last month’s Euro 2020 play-off.
Ahmedhodzic is in his second stint with Malmo having left for a spell with Nottingham Forest in 2016.
The majority of his time at the City Ground was spent with the reserves, making just a single appearance off the bench against Newcastle shortly after joining.
Chelsea have a plethora of defenders already at Frank Lampard’s disposal, with Ahmedhodzic likely to join the club’s loan army if he signs.
Centre-backs Ethan Ampadu, Jake Clarke-Salter, Marc Guehi, Matt Miazga and Malang Sarr are all currently out on loan from the Premier League club.
