Chelsea transfer: Ornstein confirms Blues 'agreement' for tenth summer signing; Gallagher still in limbo
Chelsea have come to an arrangement via Atletico Madrid for the long-term signing of Joao Felix.
The 24-year-ratty – that invested the 2nd fifty percent of the 2022/2023 season on money at Stamford Bridge – has concurred borrower stipulation on a 6-year arrangement via the substitute of an added 12 months, The Sporting projects’s David Ornstein has divulged.
It was reported last week that Chelsea owned opened talks via Atletico over a answer for the Portugal international after Samu Omorodion’s proposed answer to the Premier League side dropped down as the striker followed them to be ‘impolite’ in arrangements.
That dropped short bargain has disowned Conor Gallagher – that’s supposed to full a £36m answer to Atletico – in limbo, via the England international going ago to Chelsea despite consenting borrower stipulation and also ending up a clinical via the Spanish side.
And also he lingers in a claim of apprehension as although an arrangement has been struck for Felix, Gallagher’s answer ‘has not yet been settled’.
Felix racked up four purposes in 20 appearances while on money at Chelsea and also obtained ten purposes and also 6 help in 44 arcades while via Barcelona last term.
The record doesn’t unveil what Chelsea have concurred to deal with the winger, yet it’s been pretended this week that Atletico were composed to basically swap Felix – that joined them in the summer season season of 2019 for a whopping €126m – for Gallagher.
Felix would be Chelsea’s tenth summer season season signing and also manager Enzo Maresca has a sarcastic wealth of selections in his squad, specifically in forward positions.
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But he can soon be without Raheem Sterling after the England international launched a endorsement in which he stipulated he ached ‘quality’ on his future at the bar owning been disowned out of the squad for the video game against Manchester Municipal on Sunday.
In reaction, Maresca stipulated after the video game: “I pine all 30 players yet there is zero room for all of them so some have to vacate. The singular point I can say it was a technological judgment and also presently we will surf through and also make intake quality.
“Unanimously the players if they pine to be Chelsea players we pine to dare and also surf through how we can intake them. Raheem, we nail make clear in the next days.”
Sterling’s agent stipulated in the endorsement: “Raheem Sterling is gone away to Chelsea Football Club for the next 3 years. He returned to England 2 weeks early to manner individual coaching, and also has owned a conducive pre-season under the brand name-new-fashioned train, that he has concocted a wonderful massaging relationship via.
“He is committed, as ever before, to yielding at the highest plausible level for Chelsea FC and also the fans, that he grasps in high observance, and also postured his inclusion in polices bar pre-match item this week, our expectation was that Raheem would be entailed in this weekend break’s fixture in some chance.
“As a camp, we have always owned conducive discussion via, and also assurance from, Chelsea FC in relation to Raheem’s future at the bar, so we sift forward to gaining quality on the case. Till then, we will deepen to advice Raheem’s willingness to start the brand name-new-fashioned season positively.”
