English Premier League side Chelsea have completed the signing of two Sporting midfielders Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo. The combined fee was around £62.4m, according to the report the Portuguese club said.
Chelsea Signs Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo
17-year-old Winger Quenda will join Chelsea for a fee of up to £44m according to an announcement on the Sporting website. It is expected that the plyer will remain in Lisbon until the end of the 2025-26 season. Also, the teenager who has broken into Sporting’s first team this season and made his Champions League debut in September.
For the other player, Essugo, a 20-year-old defensive midfielder, will move to Stamford Bridge in the summer following a loan spell at Las Palmas. Sporting announced his transfer fee as £18.4m. He has impressed in Spain, but has also picked up two red cards in his past four games.
While Chelsea fans must wait a while to see Quenda, Essugo could join them for the inaugural Fifa Club World Cup this summer in the United States. The Portuguese pair are the latest young players signed by the London club. Brazilian Estevao Willian and Ecuadorian Kendry Paez will also move to Chelsea in the summer.
