PSV star Noni Madueke to undergo medical as Chelsea agree £30million fee with Dutch club for sixth January...
PSV Eindhoven star Noni Madueke is set to undergo a medical at Chelsea after a £30million fee was agreed, talkSPORT understands.
The Blues had made the 20-year-old a top target over the January transfer window and have moved quickly to secure his services.
Madueke has been regarded as one of the top talents across Europe and started off his career at the academies of Crystal Palace and Tottenham.
Graham Potter has had a torrid time at Stamford Bridge in recent weeks but new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali have backed the English coach in the January transfer window.
If Madueke signs this month, he will become the sixth arrival at the club after the likes of Mykhailo Mudryk, Andrey Santos, David Datro Fofana and Joao Felix were all brought in for a total of £190m, adding to the £270m spent in the summer.
Work behind the scenes from new transfer chiefs Christopher Vivell and Paul Winstanley have seen the Blues make rapid progress in the transfer window while the current crop might be shifted on.
Hakim Ziyech has already been linked with a move away, as has Christian Pulisic and even Raheem Sterling, who only joined in the summer.
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However, Madueke’s injury troubles might simply add to Chelsea’s woes this season and the England Under-21 international has made just two starts in the Eredivisie this campaign after an ankle injury kept him out for most of the year.
Potter has had to juggle an injury crisis in the last month or so with the likes of Reece James, Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, N’Golo Kante, Denis Zakaria, Pulisic and Sterling all sidelined.
But the Stamford Bridge chiefs believe signing Madueke now is a risk worth taking as his value could have skyrocketed had he fulfilled his potential at PSV.
How Potter will assemble his expensive squad remains to be seen with Madueke already joining a long list of attackers at the club now.
It was only last week when Mudryk was pinched from under Arsenal’s noses and the 22-year-old is another top talent with a big future ahead of him.
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