Chelsea have accomplished the double signing of Geovany Quenda and Dário Essugo from Sporting, agreeing a mixed charge of round £62.5m for the pair.
The Portuguese membership introduced the offers late on Wednesday evening, confirming 17-year-old Quenda would be part of the Blues for slightly below £44m and Essugo for £18.5m.
Versatile winger Quenda, who had beforehand been linked together with his former supervisor Ruben Amorim at Manchester United, will stay with Sporting till the tip of subsequent season earlier than making the transfer to Stamford Bridge. Defensive midfielder Essugo, 20, will full the present marketing campaign on mortgage at La Liga facet Las Palmas earlier than heading to London.
In signing the duo, Chelsea have continued a method of future-proofing their squad with extremely rated younger expertise, having additionally secured summer time strikes for 17-year-old Brazilian Estêvão Willian and 17-year-old Ecuadorian Kendry Páez.
Quenda has established himself in Sporting’s first workforce and made his Champions League bow in September, whereas he scored his first league aim towards Famalicao in October.
Essugo has impressed within the anchor position – and will act as a back-up for Moisés Caicedo at Chelsea – however has obtained two pink playing cards in his final 4 video games at Las Palmas. He’s anticipated to hyperlink up with Enzo Maresca’s squad in time to play some half in June’s Membership World Cup event in the US.
