Todd Boehly smashes £1BILLION transfer mark as Chelsea ‘agree £45m deal for England U21 Euros winner’
pThe Blues have exceeded £300million in spending for the third transfer window in a row./p
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pAnd, including add-ons, the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/cole-palmer/Palmer/a deal means they have now surpassed the £1billion mark sincea href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/todd-boehly/ Boehly/a took over last year./p
pThe 21-year-old, who looks set to become the latest addition to a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/mauricio-pochettino/Mauricio Pochettino/a#8216;s squad, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22983034/england-1-spain-0-curtis-jones-euro-under-21/won the age group Euros with England in the summer/a. /p
pAccording to a aria-label=The Times (opens in a new tab) href=https://twitter.com/TomRoddy_/status/1696934574402740326 target=_blank rel=noreferrer noopenerThe Times/a, Chelsea have reached an agreement with a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196654/manchester-city/City/a for the Wythenshawe-born player./p
pThey go on to state the Blues are #8220;close#8221; to completing the signing./p
pPalmer scored the opening goal in a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23370423/arsenal-1-1-man-city-community-shield-shootout-report/Man City#8217;s Community Shield defeat to Arsenal/a earlier this month, before he also netted in their a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23522694/man-city-sevilla-guardiola-cole-palmer-city-super-cup/Super Cup win over Sevilla/a./p
pBut he has managed just ten minutes of action in their first three a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/premierleague/Premier League/a games #8211; with that cameo coming off the bench in a 3-0 victory over Burnley./p
pPalmer has registered six goals and two assists in 41 games for Man City./p
pHe featured 25 times for a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/pep-guardiola/Pep Guardiola/a#8216;s Treble winners last season./p
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pHowever, just seven of those came as a starter as he has been forced to play a bit-part role in City#8217;s successes./p
pBrighton saw a £30m bid for Palmer rejected./p
pEarlier in the window, Guardiola spoke about the young attacker, saying: #8220;I don’t know [if he will stay]. When we arrived I had the opinion that he wanted to leave but now I don’t know./p
p#8220;I don#8217;t think a loan is going to happen. He#8217;s going to stay or he#8217;s going to be sold.#8221;/p
pThe move will mean Pochettino has further bolstered his attacking options following injuries to Christopher Nkunku and Carney Chukwuemeka./p
pBoehly has already splashed the cash on several signings this summer including Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez and Lesley Ugochukwu./p
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196660/chelsea/Chelsea/a have also been linked with a move for a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23680344/chelsea-emile-smith-rowe-transfer-arsenal-premier-league/Arsenal#8217;s Emile Smith Rowe/a./p