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Metro
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Metro
Chelsea sign England youth star released by Championship side on free transfer
Chelsea have signed England youth international Kian Best on a free transfer after his release from Preston North End. The 19-year-old left-back has completed his medical and signed a contract with the Blues and is expected to immediately join the club's development squad. Best has also represented England at Under-19 level on seven occasions, scoring on his debut against Romania in November 2023. Best made his senior debut for Preston at the start of the 2023-24 season, making 12 Championship appearances. The versatile defender fell out of favour under Paul Heckingbottom the following season, featuring twice in the Carabao Cup before joining League of Ireland side Bohemians on loan in January. Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro's Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we'll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. Best's contract at Preston expired this summer with the youngster initially claiming he discovered he was being released by his hometown club on Instagram. Preston chief Peter Risdale denied his claim with Best later deleting the post. Best becomes the latest addition in west London in what has been another busy summer for Chelsea. On Wednesday, the club confirmed the arrival of Joao Pedro from Brighton in a deal worth £60million. The Brazil international is set to immediately join up with Enzo Maresca's squad and could feature in the Club World Cup. Jamie Gittens will also join from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth £55m. He will link up with his new teammates after the tournament in the United States, ineligible having already played for Borussia Dortmund in it. More Trending Liam Delap joined the Blues from Ipswich Town in June with Mamadou Sarr also making the move from Strasbourg. Darrio Essugo is another new arrival after Chelsea struck an agreement with Sporting CP in March while the club are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Estevao Willian, who will link up with his new teammates after the Club World Cup. He could even line up against his new club when Palmeiras take on Chelsea in their quarter-final clash this week. MORE: Eden Hazard sends message to 'old man' Olivier Giroud after joining his former club MORE: Nani makes Viktor Gyokeres prediction amid Man Utd and Arsenal transfer talks MORE: Kaoru Mitoma makes decision on future amid Arsenal transfer interest
The Sun
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘Good way to find out' – Championship star sees he's been released on INSTAGRAM before sending snide message to club
KIAN BEST took a swipe at Preston North End after apparently finding out he was released by his boyhood club via Instagram. Best, 19, spent his entire career at Preston as he joined the Championship outfit's academy at a very young age and signed a scholarship deal in 2021 before going pro two years later. 2 2 Despite a promising start, the left-back found opportunities hard to come by at Deepdale and was ultimately loaned out to Bohemians in the League of Ireland Premier Division in January. That spelled the end of his long stint with the Lilywhites, who announced the ex- England Under-19 international's release on Saturday. Preston issued a post on social media, along with a slideshow of players who are set to leave. 'We'd like to wish the players leaving us this summer the very best of luck for the future." It included an image of Best with the following caption: 'Thank you Besty'. The full-back then immediately took to social media where he shared a screenshot of Preston 's announcement and suggested he wasn't informed about his release before the attached post was published. Best issued the following story: 'Good way to find out through Instagram.' The youngster appears to have since deleted his post on social media. SunSport have approached Preston for comment. Best's contract was due to expire at the end of the season and the player reportedly held no discussions with the club over an extension. Preston also announced the release of Freddie Woodman, Emil Riis, Ryan Ledson and Patrick Bauer. Kian Taylor was also included in the released section.
