Chelsea set for £21.5m transfer windfall as summer deal agreed for Enzo Maresca

Serbian shot-stopper Djordje Petrovic is poised to enactment successful the Premier League, with a determination to Sunderland connected the cards that could spot Chelsea pouch a tidy £21.5million.

The 25-year-old goalkeeper impressed during his indebtedness spell astatine Chelsea's affiliate club, Strasbourg, successful France past twelvemonth and is anxious for regular first-team enactment alternatively than returning to Stamford Bridge, particularly arsenic Chelsea are rumoured to beryllium eyeing respective different goalkeepers this summer.

Petrovic was notably absent from the Blues' Club World Cup squad, allowing him to research transportation options up of the caller season. It appears that Sunderland could beryllium his adjacent destination, with the nine keen to unafraid the services of the erstwhile New England Revolution star.

As per The Telegraph, Sunderland are nearing a £21.5million woody to bring Petrovic onboard pursuing their palmy promotion done the Championship play-offs successful May, reports the Mirror. If they negociate to finalise the woody with Chelsea, Petrovic would go the latest high-profile signing for the Black Cats, who are not shying distant from spending large successful their bid to guarantee Premier League endurance adjacent season.

They're besides reportedly adjacent to sealing a £17.3million woody for Saint-Gilloise midfielder Noah Sadicki, who underwent a aesculapian connected Wednesday. They've already secured a imperishable woody for loanee Enzo Le Fee and broke their club-record interest to motion Habib Diarra.

At the Stadium of Light, Petrovic volition vie with Anthony Patterson for the coveted No. 1 spot. Robert Sanchez initially joined Chelsea 2 years agone and made 31 appearances for the archetypal squad nether Mauricio Pochettino successful his debut play astatine Stamford Bridge. However, since then, Sanchez has been replaced arsenic the Blues' apical prime keeper by Enzo Maresca, with Filip Jorgensen and Mike Penders besides portion of the squad.

The Blues had attempted to unafraid the services of Mike Maignan from AC Milan up of the Club World Cup, but negotiations with the Italian nine implicit a imaginable determination for the Frenchman fell through. It's yet to beryllium determined whether they volition reignite their involvement successful Maignan oregon acceptable their sights connected different goalkeeper earlier the commencement of the caller season. However, caller reports suggest that Maresca is satisfied with his existent goalkeeping line-up.

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