Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign defender Mamadou Sarr from sister club Strasbourg.
The 19 year old will move to Stamford Bridge for a fee of ₤11.9 million.
Sarr will make an immediate profit on a player of ₤3.4 million who they only bought from Lyon last summer, and who has only played 14 times for them. Chelsea fans, though, will have to wait until the start of next season before seeing him in action, as Sarr will remain with Strasbourg for the rest of thi campaign.
This is the first permanent transfer between Strasbourg and Chelsea, under the BlueCo umbrella which was set up by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in their nascent steps towards a multi-club ownership model.
Chelsea are also set to offer a contract to 16n year-old Daxtan Satpaev, a 16 year old Kazakh striker, after a successful trial period at their Cobham training ground, and who is set to join their academy system.
