Chelsea have agreed a deal to signal Sporting’s Geovany Quenda in a deal that might be value as much as £41.9m (€50m).
Sky Sports activities Information understands the 17-year-old is ready to stay on the Portuguese membership subsequent season earlier than formally becoming a member of Chelsea in the summertime of subsequent yr. The Portugal U21 worldwide is anticipated to signal a seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge with the choice of a further yr.
Quenda broke into the Sporting first workforce final summer time below present Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim.
The versatile large participant, who has performed in the appropriate and left wing-back positions in addition to additional ahead, had been linked with a reunion together with his former boss at Outdated Trafford.
Quenda has performed 43 occasions this season and ranks in joint-fourth for assists in Liga Portugal with 5.
Former Sporting Academy coach: ‘He jogs my memory of Saka’
Quenda starred for Sporting towards each Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal on this season’s Champions League
In November, Sky Sports activities spoke solely to Fabio Roque, a former Sporting academy coach who had labored intently with Quenda. He drew slight comparisons with Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, but additionally believes Quenda is a novel profile.
“Geo is so demanding with himself in the defensive moments,” Roque stated.
“He reminds me of Saka”
“To close, to recover fast, to win the defensive duels for his teammates. It reminds me of Bukayo Saka at the beginning of his career when he played as a full-back.
“There is just one Geovany Quenda [though]. He’s totally different from every other participant I educated. He can create a mark on soccer that’s completely totally different.
“We are talking about, with Lamine Yamal and Estevao Willian [set to join Chelsea in the summer of 2025], probably the best players in that generation born in 2007.”
