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- Chelsea have accomplished a £19m deal to signal Omari Kellyman from Aston Villa
- Deal comes after Villa accomplished a transfer to signal Blues defender Ian Maatsen
Chelsea have accomplished the signing of Aston Villa ahead Omari Kellyman in a deal price £19million.
Mail Sport revealed final week that the 2 Premier League sides had reached an settlement for the Blues to carry Kellyman to Stamford Bridge.
Now, the deal has been accomplished after Chelsea introduced on Saturday morning that the 18-year-old has penned a six-year-deal, with the choice of an additional yr, in west London.
Chatting with the club website, Kellyman stated: ‘It’s incredible to be standing right here as a Chelsea participant.
‘It’s an enormous membership with an incredible historical past, so it’s nice to affix. It’s a dream come true for certain. I’m buzzing to have placed on the shirt and might’t wait to get began.’
Chelsea have accomplished the signing of Aston Villa’s 18-year-old ahead Omari Kellyman
Kellyman made six appearances in all competitions for Unai Emery’s facet final season
Villa are striving to satisfy PSR necessities and have offered one other midfielder Tim Iroegbunam to Everton for £9m whereas they plan to herald Lewis Dobbin in return in a separate deal.
He made his Premier League debut as a late substitute towards Manchester Metropolis in March.
The 18-year-old represented Northern Eire at a number of youth ranges earlier than receiving clearance to modify his worldwide allegiance to his nation of delivery final yr.
Since then Kellyman has appeared for England at U19 stage, making seven appearances for Will Antwi’s facet.
In the meantime, on Friday night time, Chelsea despatched full-back Ian Maatsen the opposite manner as he accomplished a £37.5million transfer to Aston Villa.
The 22-year-old left-back was a part of the Borussia Dortmund workforce crushed by Actual Madrid in final season’s Champions League ultimate throughout a mortgage transfer from Stamford Bridge.
Maatsen, who’s presently together with his nation at Euro 2024 in Germany, turns into Unai Emery’s second summer time signing following the arrival of ahead Lewis Dobbin from Everton.
Aston Villa introduced the signing of Netherlands worldwide Ian Maatsen from Chelsea
Villa are making ready for Champions League soccer after ending fourth within the prime flight.
Maatsen registered 16 appearances within the Bundesliga and 7 within the Champions League for Dortmund, together with scoring within the German membership’s European quarter-final overcome Atletico Madrid.
He additionally performed 12 Premier League video games for Chelsea final time period, having beforehand been loaned to Charlton, Coventry and Burnley.
In the meantime, Chelsea have confirmed Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech has accomplished a everlasting switch to Galatasaray following a mortgage spell with the Turkish membership.
