Overview
- Goal.com and Fabrizio Romano report that Chelsea have agreed a deal for left-back Yisa Alao, with an official announcement still to come.
- The agreement is understood to include an initial fee just over £500,000 and performance-related add-ons that could push the total beyond £1 million.
- Chelsea are said to have beaten competition from Manchester United and other Premier League clubs, with Liverpool also linked in recent weeks.
- Manchester United previously had a bid of around £450,000 rejected before Christmas, according to Goal.com.
- Alao, a Sheffield Wednesday academy product, made his senior debut at 16 and has five first-team appearances this season, including 60 minutes in an FA Cup tie at Brentford.