BREAKING: Romano says €15m deal agreed for midfielder to finally strengthen Chelsea | OneFootball

Chelsea are closing in on another signing on what is proving to be as busy a deadline day as was expected.

Matt Law’s exclusive has quickly been followed up by the other big names in the transfer game – Mathis Amougou is on his way to Stamford Bridge.

The name first cropped up less than 24 hours ago, but things have moved quickly since then. The 19 year old is set to sign for a fee which Law says is “worth over £10m”, with Romano citing it as “around €15m”.

According to the Italian transfer insider, the “final details are being sorted” with St Etienne. Amougou is a France youth international, and has just started breaking into the first team of Les Verts, who are battling relegation.

He’s made 9 starts this season, with 8 appearances off the bench.

Chelsea fans unsure over logic of new signing

Mathis Amougou in action for St Etienne.(Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images for Qatar Airways)

There is a predictable blowback to this move from the large number of Blues fans who are sick of teenage talents being bought when the

As they’ve pointed out – we’ve already got one of the best midfielders in Ligue 1 on our books in the form of Andrey Santos, currently on loan at Strasbourg. Why are we now signing another one when we could just recall him?

But, to be fair, we still don’t know the full story of this transfer – there remains a chance that it’s Amougou who gets sent to Strasbourg to replace a recalled Santos. It would make more sense – Amougou is only just starting life in Ligue 1, and the Premier League would be a much bigger step up for him than Santos.

But that move might be disruptive for our sister club Strasbourg, who are doing well recently with the Brazilian as a key part of their team.