Chelsea confirm the £18m signing of Brazilian wonderkid Andrey Santos
Chelsea confirm the £18m signing of Brazilian wonderkid Andrey Santos… as the midfielder becomes the Blues second arrival of the day after the club also announced David Datro Fofana
- Chelsea have officially confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet Andrey Santos
- The 18-year-old midfielder Santos becomes the Blues second signing of the day
- The Blues have already announced striker David Datro Fofana earlier on today
<!–
<!–
<!–
<!–
(function (src, d, tag){ var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; s.src = src; prev.parentNode.insertBefore(s, prev); }(“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/static/gunther/1.17.0/async_bundle–.js”, document, “script”));
<!– DM.loadCSS(“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/static/gunther/gunther-2159/video_bundle–.css”);
<!–
Chelsea have officially confirmed their second signing of the day in young Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos, having already announced David Datro Fofana earlier today.
The 18-year-old wonderkid was announced as joining the Blues for £18million by his Brazilian club Vasco da Gama yesterday afternoon.
Santos becomes the third January transfer window signing for Graham Potter‘s side after completing deals for Fofana – while centre-back Benoit Badiashile signing a seven-and-a-half year deal on Friday.
Chelsea have confirmed their second signing of the day in Brazilian wonderkid Andrey Santos
The 18-year-old becomes the third January transfer window signing for Graham Potter’s side
All three additions show the intent of building for the future at Stamford Bridge, especially with them all being handed long-term contracts.
Santos is seen as a future replacement for the Blues ageing midfielder that includes the likes of N’Golo Kante, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic.
Despite being just 18, Santos has been capped at U20 level by Brazil and is regarded as one of his country’s most promising midfielders.
Santos (pictured) is seen as a future replacement for the likes of N’Golo Kante and Jorginho
He has already featured 38 times for Vasco Da Gama in the Brazilian second-tier, where he has scored a total of eight goals.
On signing for Chelsea, Santos said: ‘It’s a very big opportunity for me. This is a big club playing in big competitions like the Premier League so I am very excited.
‘The players here are so good and I am very happy to be here.’
The midfielder, 18, has featured 38 times for Vasco Da Gama in the Brazilian second-tier
Chelsea boss Potter will be eager to add more rising stars after a successful start to the January transfer window, having signed Badiashile and Fofana already while adding talents such as Carney Chukwuemeka earlier this year.
The former Brighton boss is also reportedly chasing his former club for midfielder Moises Caicedo after his impressive performances with Ecuador at the World Cup – but he will have to fight off interest from Liverpool too.
The Blues are also eyeing moves for Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix and Shakthar Donestk winger Mykhailo Mudryk.
