The Blues are set to include a surprising seventh new marking to the club in a bustling exchange window for Frank Lampard and his side
Chelsea have concurred a charge of around £22m ($29m) with Rennes for goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, Goal can affirm.
The 29-year-old has agreed on a five-year contract with the west Londoners and is set to finish the applicable desk work and go through a clinical upon his appearance in the United Kingdom.
The Blues have been secured talks the entire month subsequent to making their first methodology, with the Ligue 1 side quick to make sure about a higher expense while likewise thinking about their choices for a substitution.
Rennes requested Fikayo Tomori borrowed as a major aspect of the arrangement yet the Blues have been hesitant to endorse his exit at this phase of the exchange window.
Chelsea's specialized and execution guide Petr Cech was intensely engaged with the enlistment cycle for another goalkeeper, with his skill having been thought of.
The Blues' top of the goalkeeper office Christophe Lollichon was additionally counseled in the move for Mendy, with both him and Cech having changed from Rennes to Chelsea in 2004.
Mendy went through only one season with Julien Stephan's side, playing 34 games in their notable exertion to win capability to the Champions League just because.
The move tosses Kepa Arrizabalaga's future into further uncertainty in the midst of analysis over his structure following his £72m ($92m) move from Athletic Club in 2018.
Chelsea will keep the Spain worldwide to rival Mendy, with Kepa demonstrating excessively costly for any semblance of Sevilla and Valencia, who can't bear the cost of his wages or an exchange charge.
Blunt Lampard's side have now spent well over £200m ($252m) in the mid year move window, having just included six players.
Kai Havertz moved from Bayer Leverkusen, while the Blues included two further assailants in Hakim Ziyech from Ajax and Timo Werner from RB Leipzig.
Ben Chilwell was added to the guard, while there were a further two free exchanges - safeguards Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr, previously of Paris Saint-Germain and Nice.
West Ham's Declan Rice is another key objective for Lampard however it stays indistinct whether the England worldwide is a feasible choice, with the Hammers extremely hesitant to offer a headliner to an adversary.
In the interim, Chelsea are intending to offload more players before the exchange window closes on 5 October, with Lewis Baker having just joined Trabzonspor borrowed with an alternative to purchase.
Air conditioning Milan are in comparative talks over an arrangement to sign Tiemoue Bakayoko, while Davide Zappacosta has conceded to an advance move to Genoa.
Chelsea are additionally hoping to proceed onward Emerson Palmieri, Victor Moses, Baba Rahman and Danny Drinkwater on either credit arrangements or lasting moves.
Any semblance of Sarr, Matt Miazga, Jake Clarke-Salter, Dujon Sterling, Nathan Baxter and Juan Castillo are additionally accessible borrowed.
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