Chelsea has beaten Real Madrid to sign a young star from the MLS

As reported by transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have reached a verbal agreement with Chicago Fire for Gabriel Slonina, who was also a target of Real Madrid who lost the bid against the Blue side. The deal has been closed by the new head of the club, Todd Boehly, directly with the owners of the MLS club.

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The deal has been closed for 10 million euros plus bonuses for the teenager, taking into account that the player will stay on loan at Chicago Fire in the short term to continue his training. Chelsea's official offer will be presented next week, a simple formality to close the transfer of the young American goalkeeper.

Gabriel Slonina, who also has Polish nationality, is one of the sensations of the MLS. He has seven clean sheets in 19 games played. He is part of the United States national team and will most likely be present at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. He is the big bet of the new owners of the club to replace Edouard Mendy in the long term.

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The Blue side has defeated Real Madrid, who had been interested in Slonina to reinforce their goalkeeping squad. The Merengue side seems to be left with Thibaut Courtois and the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin for the rotation in goal, after losing the opportunity to sign one of the most important young promises in the position.

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