Chelsea agree £20m deal as Maresca gets his wish with Manchester City target

With a physical scheduled before he can seal his transfer from La Liga to the Premier League, Chelsea have accepted a contract worth roughly £20 million for Villarreal custodian Filip Jorgensen.

Exclusive from Graeme Bailey, HITC revealed in April that the Swedish-born Dane was under extremely close observation by some of the most prestigious English football clubs.

Run over Filip Jorgensen during a great breakthrough season in Spain’s top-flight, Premier League giants Arsenal, Manchester City, and Liverpool had done.

Three months on, though, it is Chelsea – not any of the three mentioned trio – who is poised to land a contract for one of Europe’s most highly sought-after teenage shot-stoppers.

Still only 22, Jorgensen was a revelation between the sticks for Villarreal in 2023/24. Marcelino Garcia Toral was a main reason his club finally ended a decent seventh despite spending the opening several months of the campaign flirting dangerously with relegation—his 6ft 3ins frame and cat-like reflexes were much appreciated.

Furthermore, HITC is aware that Villarreal will now pocket a substantial profit on a player who relocated from Real Mallorca’s Castellon Coast back in 2017 while still a teenaget studen

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Leaving Villarreal for Chelsea is Filip Jorgensen.
Regarding a deal of around £20 million, Chelsea have reached terms in principle.

Jorgensen signed a new, long-term contract last month; nevertheless, Enzo Maresca’s team is reportedly likely to secure a deal for almost all of the keeper’s £38 million release clause, citing The