Chelsea are set to sign Filip Jorgensen after agreeing a fee with Villarreal.
The Ufabet reports that Chelsea and Villarreal have agreed a €24.5 million (£20.7m) deal for the 22-year-old goalkeeper.
Jorgensen will travel to the United States to join up with his new team-mates for pre-season and undergo a medical there, with coach Enzo Maresca’s side set to play four friendlies. Starting with a trip to Celtic on Saturday, July 27.
The Denmark youth international made 44 appearances last season as the team finished eighth in the table before signing a new five-year contract.
For Chelsea last season, Robert Sanchez started as the number one before he was injured and replaced by Jorge Petrovic, who made 31 appearances in goal.
In addition to Sanchez and Petrovic ยูฟ่าเบท. Chelsea also have Marcus Bettinelli and Lukas Bebirgström as options in goalkeeper. While Kepa Arrizabalaga returns from loan at Real Madrid.
Maresca refused to rule out another goalkeeper arriving at Chelsea in this transfer window when speaking after the Wrexham draw in Santa Clara.
“What I can say is Robert did very well and did very well since we started,” said Maresca.
“For sure, the way we want to play, the goalkeeper is very, very important — one of the main positions. And I don’t want to talk about players that are not Chelsea players, but I am very happy with Robert.”
Asked about signing a new goalkeeper, Maresca replied: “We’ll see, we’ll see. In this moment we have four goalkeepers. Petrovic is still with us but injured. We will see with the timing. When the transfer window is open, anything can happen for us and for the rest.”