Chelsea are set for medical exams with Atletico Madrid striker Samu Omorodion as his proposed switch edges nearer to completion.
The Blues managed to safe an settlement with Atletico following negotiations over Conor Gallagher, who will transfer to Madrid in a separate switch.
Samu, nonetheless simply 20 years of age and with solely 9 prime flight targets to his identify thus far, goes to value Chelsea round £35m. Fabrizio Romano notes that the teen has agreed a seven-year contract till 2031 and is now due for a medical.
90min earlier reported that, regardless of nearing a deal for Samu, Chelsea are nonetheless holding talks over Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and don’t see it as an ‘both or’ scenario.
With Samu becoming a member of Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are properly stocked within the quantity 9 function, which means there may be little stress to comply with Napoli’s excessive calls for for Osimhen. However he’s agitating for an exit and Napoli need rid of his wages, main Chelsea to consider circumstances might see the Serie A aspect ultimately settle for a decrease supply or totally different construction.
At 25 years of age, Osimhen is older than a lot of the gamers Chelsea have focused over the previous couple of seasons. However he’s a striker of confirmed high quality, scoring 65 Serie A targets since transferring to Italy in 2020, together with 26 within the league throughout Napoli’s 2022/23 title-winning marketing campaign alone.
Samu could be very a lot unpolished potential for the long-term. The towering Spaniard was nonetheless a teen till Could and spent the 2022/23 season in Spain’s fourth tier with Granada’s B squad. That secured him a switch to Atletico final summer season, which led to a mortgage at Alaves.
After one in a single for Granada’s first-team – paradoxically in opposition to Atletico Madrid days earlier than becoming a member of them – Samu scored eight instances in 34 La Liga appearances for mid-table Alaves.
