Chelsea set to make another signing AFTER transfer window ends with £6m deal for Jimmy-Jay Morgan, 17, from Southampton
CHELSEA are set to sign teenage wonderkid Jimmy-Jay Morgan from Southampton – after the transfer window has closed.
The Blues have agreed to pay a staggering £6million for the striker born in 2006.
Graham Potter is bringing in another star for the futureGetty
As reported by Fabrizio Romano, the Stamford Bridge club have struck a deal with Saints for the 17-year-old.
Morgan is expected to put pen to paper on a three-year in West London after undergoing a medical today.
The teenager will link up with the Chelsea academy to continue his development.
Morgan proved his class in front of goal with 27 strikes for the Southampton Under-16s last season – and a further 13 for the U18s.
Southampton youth coach Louis Carey said the rising star is “one of the best” finishers he had witnessed at the academy.
Morgan appeared for the Saints’ U21s in the EFL Trophy earlier this season.
And he was selected in the first-team squads for the Carabao Cup win over Sheffield Wednesday in November and then the FA Cup victory at Crystal Palace last month.
Morgan is understood to have rejected an offer for a first professional contract at Southampton before leaving for Chelsea.
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On the international stage, he has a prolific record of six goals in seven games for England U17s – including back-to-back braces against Georgia and Israel in European U17 Championship qualifying.
Morgan becomes Chelsea’s ninth winter signing – and takes the spending by Todd Boehly for the window beyond £330m.
Almost a third of that went on the £107m British transfer fee paid to Benfica for Enzo Fernandez.
Benoit Badiashile, David Datro Fofana, Andrey Santos, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke have also linked up with Graham Potter’s squad.
Malo Gusto joined from Lyon but has been loaned back for the remainder of the season while Joao Felix arrived on a temporary switch from Atletico Madrid in a bonkers January transfer window.
News of Morgan heading to Chelsea comes 24 hours after Jude Soonsup-Bell left the club.
The 19-year-old forward signed a three-year deal with Tottenham.
