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ESPN News Services
Jul 3, 2025, 04:16 PM ET
Chelsea person agreed a woody to motion English winger Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga nine said connected Thursday.
The 20-year-old is acceptable to motion a seven-year declaration successful a determination ESPN sources said is worthy £55 cardinal ($75.02 million).
The clubs are presently successful the United States for the Club World Cup, wherever they person some reached the quarterfinal stage, and the statement was made successful Fort Lauderdale, with wage demands inactive to beryllium settled.
Gittens joined Dortmund arsenic a younker subordinate successful 2020 from Manchester City, making his elder debut successful 2022, and has made 107 appearances for the German broadside successful each competitions, scoring 17 goals. Last play was particularly bully for Gittens, who had 12 goals successful 48 games successful each competitions past season, including 4 successful the Champions League.
"Jamie Gittens's vocation is an illustration of the improvement of apical talents astatine Borussia," Dortmund managing manager Lars Ricken said successful a nine statement.
"We discovered Jamie precise early, practically signed him for free, continuously developed him successful our younker show centre, and besides offered him playing clip astatine the precise highest level with the archetypal team.
"Jamie has repaid the spot placed successful him with commitment, performance, and goals."
Chelsea are looking to fortify their near helping aft they opted not to marque Jadon Sancho's indebtedness woody from Manchester United permanent.
Gittens represents different important summertime signing for Chelsea, pursuing Liam Delap's arrival from Ipswich Town and João Pedro joining from Brighton and Hove Albion.
ESPN writer James Olley contributed to this story. Information from Reuters was besides used.
