Nicknamed 'the Rooster' after a close childhood friend, the the 23-year-old was ranked as one Europe's deadliest strikers last season after scoring 28 goals in 38 games in Turin.
Due to his tenacity, work rate and ability to improvise a finish with either of his feet or his head, the Italian was picked out as the preferred option to replace Diego Costa at Stamford Bridge by supporters suspicious of Alvaro Morata's ability to lead the line singlehandedly.
However, the Spaniard has hit the ground running in west London and his former club could be set to replace him with Belotti.
Andrea Belotti (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
"I was eating dinner with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and we were talking about contracts of players with huge release clauses and I mentioned Belotti," said Cairo, who demanded that the Torino forward's suitors meet his €100million release clause in the summer.
"As soon as he heard of the clause for Belotti it pricked his ears. If the clause had only been £20m, he wouldn't have been interested."
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