Chelsea on verge of £55.5m Jamie Gittens transfer with deal for Dortmund star expected next week
CHELSEA are close to landing Jamie Gittens for £55.5million from Borussia Dortmund.
Both clubs, who are at the Club World Cup in the
United States
, have been locked in talks in the last
48 hours
and should reach an agreement
next
week.
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Borussia Dortmund ace Jamie Gittens is on the verge of joining Chelsea
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Gittens, 20, is ready to end his four-year stint in
Germany
and return to the club where he was once part of the youth set-up.
USA
.
The Blues have already spent £1.4billion to assemble their current squad, but club transfer chiefs are desperate to bring their former youth star back home.
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to tempt him into a
Stamford Bridge
return, despite a £42million bid being rejected earlier this month.
- who
on the advice of his father - enjoyed a breakout season with
.
Across 48 games in all competitions before the Club World Cup, 34 of which he started, the
youth star netted 12 goals and added five assists.
In October, at 20 years and 75 days old,
became the youngest English player to score against
in the
Champions League.
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Gittens joins new Dortmund team-mate Jobe Bellingham and Chelsea's Liam Delap in a list full of players who couldn't join England's Under-21s at the Euros this summer.
Despite several high profile absences, the young Three Lions have made the Euros final yet again, where they hope to retain their title when they face off against Germany on Saturday night.
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15 year old Jamie Bynoe-Gittens shows why he is such a special player at Man City
Meanwhile, Blues defender
CAN
handle the hype of being the club's 'superstar'.
The pair were pals at
Manchester
City, even though Tosin, 27, is four years older.
Fifa have used the face of Palmer on every poster plugging Blues' games at the Club World Cup, including Saturday's last- 16 clash with
Tosin said: 'I banter him sometimes and tell him he's a little superstar. But he handles it very well and he knows his focus is on
football
.'
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