Chelsea complete free transfer of Championship wonderkid – their SEVENTEETH signing of miserable season
CHELSEA have reportedly completed their 17th signing of the season.
The Blues have found that spending £600million-plus on talent does not necessarily equate to performances on the pitch.
However, it has not deterred them from continuing to bring in fresh faces.
The latest reported acquisition Todd Bohely and Co have made will see Alex Matos join the club on a free transfer.
Fabrizio Romano reports Chelsea have “completed” the signing of the 18-year-old from Norwich.
The report adds Matos will join Chelsea as part of the project headed by Jim Fraser, Chelsea’s chief of youth development and recruitment.
It was reported last month how Chelsea were in “advanced talks” to sign the prodigy.
But now the deal looks to be all but complete following the latest update.
Born in 2004, Matos joined the Canaries from Luton in 2016 at Under 12 level.
He signed a scholarship with the club in 2021 and he has been a regular for Norwich’s Under 18 side this season.
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The winger has appeared eight times in the Under 18 Premier League, scoring and assisting once each.
Chelsea’s trigger-happy approach to transfers in their senior squad has caused chaos behind the scenes, with Graham Potter being forced to make a number of stars change in the corridor despite making the dressing room bigger.
Frank Lampard has since taken over the helm, but things have only gotten worse with six defeats on the spin under the interim boss following the latest lacklustre performance against Arsenal.
Reacting to the news, one fan online joked: “Have to make the dressing room bigger again.”
A second said: “Chelsea completing more transfers than wins this season.”
While a third added: “Oh boy another kid because we lost yesterday .”