Madrid: Chelsea have finalized the signings of Sporting midfielders Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo for a combined fee of £62.4m, as confirmed by the Portuguese club.
Quenda, a 17-year-old winger, will join Chelsea for up to £44m but will remain at Sporting until the end of the 2025-26 season. He has broken into the first team this season and made his Champions League debut in September.
Essugo, a 20-year-old defensive midfielder, will move to Stamford Bridge this summer after a loan spell at Las Palmas. Sporting confirmed his transfer fee as £18.4m. Despite impressing in Spain, he has picked up two red cards in his last four games.
Essugo could feature for Chelsea in the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup in the U.S. this summer under Enzo Maresca. Meanwhile, Quenda joins a growing list of young talents secured by Chelsea, including 17-year-olds Estevao Willian and Kendry Paez, who are set to join this summer.
[Reported by BBC Sports]
