Chelsea have clinched a deal for Brazil Underneath-20 midfielder Andrey Santos, it was introduced on Friday.
Santos had been linked with a number of of Europe’s greatest golf equipment, together with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester Metropolis and Barcelona, after breaking into Vasco da Gama’s facet final 12 months.
The 18-year-old box-to-box participant scored eight targets in 33 video games within the Brazilian second tier in 2022, as Vasco gained promotion to finish a two-season spell exterior the highest flight.
Chelsea will reportedly pay round £11million for the 18-year-old, whose departure was introduced in a membership assertion from Vasco.
It learn: “Vasco da Gama agreed this Friday the everlasting switch of the athlete Andrey Santos to European soccer.
“The midfielder will defend the colors of Chelsea, from England, within the coming seasons.
“The teen will finish his first spell on the membership from Sao Januario on the age of 18 with 38 appearances and eight targets.”
Boa sorte, Andrey Santos!
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— Vasco da Gama (@VascodaGama) January 6, 2023
Chelsea, mourning the demise of their former participant and supervisor Gianluca Vialli on Friday, didn’t instantly announce the Santos signing.
Santos landed a brand new contract to run till 2027 with Vasco as lately as September, however he’ll turn out to be the third January arrival at Chelsea.
The Blues confirmed Ivory Coast striker David Datro Fofana as their first recruit below Graham Potter, earlier than signing up Monaco defender Benoit Badiashile for a charge reportedly within the area of €38million (£33.7m).
Chelsea are in want of recent faces amid an damage disaster and a hunch in type, which has seen them win simply one among their final eight Premier League video games, sliding 10 factors adrift of fourth place.
