Dusan Vlahovic has been tipped to join Chelsea this month (Image: Getty)
Dusan Vlahovic’s life has been anything but straightforward so far.
Having grown up in the shadow of war, the Belgrade-born striker has established himself as one of the most lethal strikers in world football and currently plies his trade for outfit .
Fighting in the Balkans had mostly ceased when Vlahovic was born in January 2000, but the Bosnian War left a lasting mark on his family.
His brother was one of the hundreds of thousands of people to have lost their lives because of the conflict in Eastern Europe.
He was able to put that childhood trauma to one side and forge a successful football career, which began back in Serbia when he broke through the academy of boyhood club Partizan Belgrade.
But things could’ve been much different for Vlahovic, had he gone down one of the many sporting paths that lay in front of him.
A keen basketballer, Vlahovic was said to have trained since he was four years old, with the future Champions League star also a keen martial artist.
On the football pitch, the youngster was touted as a hot prospect from an early age and was rewarded with his first professional contract at aged just 15.
It proved a worthwhile decision from Partizan, as he made up part of the team that won the 2016/17 Serbian league title, as well as two Serbian Cups in 2016 and 2017.
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Dusan Vlahovic made his name in Serie A with Fiorentina (Image: Getty)
By now, clubs across Europe had begun taking notice of Vlahovic. Fiorentina eventually wrapped up a signing for the marksman, with having also been credited with tentative interest at the time.
A blistering record of 49 goals in 108 matches for the Florentine outfit followed and by the time 2022 rolled around, a move to one of the continent’s top teams being mooted.
were once again sniffing around the striker with ’s side holding genuine interest in penning a deal for the Serbian.
Instead, for a second time, the Gunners missed out on Vlahovic, as he opted for a move to Juventus instead.
Costing £66.6million in total, Vlahovic continued his prolific rate of scoring, netting 53 goals in 11 matches for the Old Lady so far.
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Despite the solid return, he’s been linked with a move away from Juventus outfit pretty much ever since arriving in Turin.
The cash-strapped Italian outfit may have to sell Vlahovic in order to raise funds and with a contract that expires at the end of next season, their window of opportunity appears to be running out.
It’s something could look to take advantage of, with the capital club said to be monitoring his situation this month, as per .
Juventus recently welcomed Randal Kolo Muani from Paris Saint-Germain, which has paved the way for Vlahovic to leave the record Italian champions.