Chelsea have this afternoon announced the signing of young French midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu from Rennes on a seven-year contract, with an option for an extra season on top of that.
Reports from last week indicated that the Premier League side had agreed a deal with the Bretons over a transfer fee in the region of €30m.
According to RMC Sport, the Londoners will be looking to loan Ugochukwu out to Strasbourg, who were recently acquired by the consortium that took over at Chelsea last year, BlueCo. Nevertheless, today’s official announcement indicates that the France U19 will join the rest of the squad in the USA for their pre-season tour.
The midfielder will have made a total of 67 appearances with his formative club since breaking into the first team during the 2020/21 season – making his debut against PSG – and featured in their run to the Europa League knockout stages this past season,
GFFN | Raphaël Jucobin
