Ornstein latest: Chelsea “reach agreement” for transfer; player travelling for medical now | OneFootball

Chelsea are really getting into gear this week in terms of sales, and it looks like another one is about to come from nowhere to become a done deal.

David Ornstein confirms deal close for midfielder

David Ornstein’s Tweet about Lesley Ugochukwu.

Just yesterday morning we were lamenting the difficulties in selling Lesley Ugochukwu, and saying that a Premier League team from lower down the division were the most likely destination for the 21 year old.

Well, just now David Ornstein has put out an exclusive which claims that Chelsea are close to selling the France youth international to Burnley. He says that the Clarets have “reached an agreement with Chelsea” for the midfielder, who is set to travel for his medical and complete his medical today.

Ugochukwu was been given permission to travel to take his medical, meaning that the terms of the deal are already agreed between clubs. This has really come out of nowhere, so it’s not clear what the sums involved are – given there’s still 5 years to run on his contract, we would imagine we’re making at least a small profit on the €27.5m we paid for him.

Ugochukwu moved on without getting fair crack at Chelsea

Ugochukwu moves on without ever really fulfilling his potential. He was given a few chances under Mauricio Pochettino after signing, playing 15 games. But clearly did didn’t do enough in 31 games on loan at Southampton last season to prove he was worthy of a role in Enzo Maresca’s squad. Dario Essugo was signed as a tough tackling midfielder who filled the same squad role one would have expected Ugochukwu to fill, and once that happened a departure always looked likely.

We think he’s got tons of potential, and could be playing for a bigger and better team before too long. We hope we’ve got a sell on fee in there.