Jamie Gittens to Chelsea transfer agreement confirmed as 'challenging' statement released

Borussia Dortmund person confirmed that Jamie Gittens is acceptable to articulation Chelsea this summer.

football.london understands that Chelsea had a £42m bid rejected earlier this month, but they person since reached a £55million statement with the Bundesliga club. The 20-year-old - who is acceptable to go the westbound Londoners' 4th signing of the summertime - is acceptable to motion a seven-year declaration astatine the Blues.

And a determination to Stamford Bridge present looks acceptable to beryllium completed inmminently.

"Jamie Gittens' vocation is exemplary for the improvement of apical talents astatine BVB," a connection from Dortmund CEO Lars Ricken work connected the club's website.

"We discovered Jamie precise early, signed him practically for free, continuously developed him successful our younker academy, and besides offered him playing clip astatine the highest level with the nonrecreational team. Jamie has repaid the spot placed successful him with commitment, performance, and goals.

"His transportation backmost to his autochthonal England would beryllium highly invaluable to us. We privation Jamie lone the precise champion for his sporting future.

"The talks with Chelsea were challenging, but yet we are pleased that we tin astir apt recognize our fiscal ambitions and past person readying security," said BVB sporting manager Sebastian Kehl,

He added: "Jamie is an outstanding subordinate who has fixed america a large woody of pleasure. He present wants to instrumentality the adjacent measurement successful his vocation astatine Chelsea, and we privation him each the champion and overmuch success."

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