Chelsea has announced that signing by midfielder Mathis Amougou from Ligue 1 Outfit Saint-Etienne, almost a day after the end of the transfer window.
The deal for amougou, a 19-year-old France youth international, was a surprise for many when the news about the move on Monday afternoon broke. The graduate of the Saint-Etienne’s Academy was a regular guest for the top team at the beginning of the season after he debut in the second division in the second division, but has been referred to the role of replacement since October.
Amougou equipped the 4-1 loss of Saint-Etienne on Saturday on Saturday exclusively with this upcoming step to the Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea has not confirmed the teenager’s transmission fee, but several outlets report that they are in the region of € 15 million (€ 12.4 million). However, the blues have announced that Amougou will start training with the squad of the first team and not to the sister Club Strasbourg on the way of how speculated was.
“I’m very happy,” Amougou told Club channels. “It is an honor for me to sign for such a large club as Chelsea. They believe in young players, and the process they have to develop us is fantastic.”
It remains to be seen whether the international national France international can enter a midfield with two players who cost more than 100 million GBP and Cole Palmer.
The blues may not have added as many names as they were associated with the majority of the window with Alejandro Garnacho, but they dropped the departures of Cesare Casadei and Renato Veiga to the duo of Torino and Juventus, based. respectively. These outputs outdoors in the club’s squad, in which the players in the Europa Conference League and in the competitions of the Europa Conference League and the domestic cup receive a regular season.
Amougou needs leading minutes in which he can get them in which he can get them. The talented teenager has set less than 1,000 for Saint-Etienne in his entire career. For comparison, Wesley Fofana – another product of the French Club’s Academy – has accumulated more playing time this season alone, despite serious injury issues.