Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino indicates new £23.5m signing Lesley Ugochukwu will go out on loan upon arrival at Stamford Bridge as Blues explore more experienced options in central midfield
- Lesley Ugochukwu passed his medical and will sign a long-term deal at Chelsea
- Mauricio Pochettino has revealed Ugochukwu will go on loan upon his arrival
- Chelsea still want to sign a more experienced central midfielder as well
Mauricio Pochettino has indicated that incoming midfield signing Lesley Ugochukwu has been bought with a view to initially going on loan.
Chelsea agreed a deal with Rennes for the France under-19 international who has passed a medical and will sign a long-term deal.
Chelsea are short on numbers in central midfield but Pochettino is keen to bring in a more experienced options in that area, with Brighton’s Moises Caicedo the priority target.
Following Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Fulham which saw them crowned winners of the inaugural, pre-season Premier League Summer Series trophy, head coach Pochettino said: ‘I don’t know the information that you have.
Chelsea have entered into talks to sign Lesley Ugochukwu from Rennes and are planning on loaning him out immediately
The 19-year-old midfielder is one for the future, and was on the 2023 Golden Boy Index
‘My information is he is a player that is from France that maybe they are signing with the idea to send on loan, using a different club but that information was already in your laptop. There is nothing to say too much.’
In another period of busy Chelsea transfer activity they also agreed a £39m deal with Monaco for centre-back Axel
