Chelsea have announced their fifth summer signing of Brighton full-back Marc Cucurella in some style.
Cucurella becomes the fifth summer signing in the men's first team to follow on from Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Gabriel Slonina and Carney Chukwuemeka. It is understood that a full package of £63million has been settled upon between the two clubs.
The Seagulls had initially denied the £55m agreement that had been prematurely leaked out to the media. As a consequence of their anger at seeing the details released too slowly, the club released an initial club statement reading: "CLUB STATEMENT: MARC CUCURELLA. Contrary to inaccurate reports from numerous media outlets this evening, no agreement has been reached with any club to sell Marc Cucurella."
