Roma
defender Antonio Rudiger has completed his move to Chelsea and signed a
five-year contract.
The agents involved in the deal arrived in the English capital on Saturday
to finalise the transfer, after the two clubs agreed a fee that could rise
to £34m for the 24-year-old Germany international.
Personal terms have now been completed and Rudiger has become the Blues'
second major signing of the summer after the arrival Manchester City
goalkeeper Willy Caballero.
Chelsea completed the deal as they miss out on their main striker target
this summer, Romelu Lukaku, who is set to join Manchester United in a deal
understood to have frustrated Antonio Conte.
His new defender Rudiger has spent the last two seasons in Serie A, joining
Roma on loan at the start of the 2015-16 season and then joining the club on
a permanent basis last summer for £7.6m.
The Blues have also added highly-rated Exeter City teenager Ethan Ampadu.
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