Chelsea reach final agreement for €45m striker – Fabrizio Romano

It looks as if Samu Omorodion will never pull on the Atletico Madrid shirt. After Los Rojiblancos executed his €6m release clause to bring him in from Granada last summer, it appears the 20-year-old will move to Chelsea this summer.

Omorodion scored nine times in La Liga last season during a loan spell for Alaves, and was set to return as a promising option for Atletico. Now though, Chelsea have agreed a fee of €45m with Atletico for Omorodion, as per Matteo Moretto and Fabrizio Romano.

BREAKING: Pablo Barrios’ response to Samu Omorodion on IG. He expresses his sadness… for his departure from Atlético Madrid? pic.twitter.com/ahYQM6ywJa

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 6, 2024

Los Colchoneros had rejected Chelsea’s advances earlier in the summer, but after the opportunity came up to sign Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez, that has changed matters. As such, the deal taking Omorodion to Chelsea will only be consummated once the Alvarez deal is.

Samu Omorodion al Chelsea está a punto de cerrarse. Fichaje inminente.

Faltan algunos flecos, pero la negociación se encuentra en una fase avanzada.

Operación total en torno a los 45 millones de euros.

Samu Omorodion firmará un contrato de 7 años.

Se trata de una… pic.twitter.com/vszZFJKIMX

— Matteo Moretto (@MatteMoretto) August 6, 2024

Omorodion would be a second young striker signed from La Liga by Chelsea this summer, after Marc Guiu arrived for €6m from Barcelona. The imposing forward is currently on Olympic duty with Spain, but caused most defences issues last season, even if he was not always clinical, with his movement, power and pace.

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