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Chelsea shut in on €20m deal for teenage goalkeeper Mike Penders

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Chelsea are near reaching a take care of Genk price €20m for 18-year-old goalkeeper Mike Penders in accordance with stories.

The Blues have been busy this summer season and have already made seven new signings, while keeper Filip Jorgensen and teenager Aaron Anselmino are on the verge of finishing their strikes to Stamford Bridge.

The west London membership are at the moment on their pre-season tour of America, and having endured a tough first two video games Enzo Maresca might be searching for enhancements in opposition to Membership America and Manchester Metropolis this week.

Chelsea shut in on deal for Penders

With a deal for Jorgensen agreed and the Dane simply needing to signal his contract, the very last thing anybody would have anticipated is for Chelsea to signal one other shot stopper this summer season.

Nonetheless, that’s precisely the case and journalist Sacha Tavolieri has reported the Blues are near agreeing a take care of Genk for Penders, which might see him loaned again to the Belgian facet for the rest of the season.

He took to X.com and mentioned:

“#ChelseaFC near agree a take care of #KRCGenk for Mike Penders!  

“Blues are providing greater than 20M€ bundle with a share on the longer term resale, Genk now engaged on particulars to make the deal occur after getting an settlement in precept with BlueCo facet.  

“Penders could be loaned straight this season to the Genkies. Long run contract on the desk.”

If the deal goes via it will see Penders develop into the most costly goalkeeper ever from Belgium surpassing Bart Verbruggen’s transfer from Anderlecht to Brighton.

{The teenager} has solely performed one sport on the highest degree, the place he saved a clear sheet in opposition to Customary and is clearly seen as one for the longer term by the membership.

What makes this unusual is that Chelsea have already signed a younger keeper for the longer term in Gabriel Slonina, and with the arrival of Jorgensen it means they’d have signed 4 keepers within the final 5 home windows with Penders taking the whole to 5.



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