Chelsea transfer news: Pep Chavarria signing confirmed, fee, contract length revealed

Chelsea person confirmed that they person signed Rayo Vallecano defender Pep Chavarria.

Ever since the departure of Marc Cucurella to Real Madrid, Xabi Alonso has been successful the marketplace for a like-for-like replacement.

Chavarria, who helped Rayo Vallecano scope past season's Conference League final, was rapidly identified arsenic his preferred option.

Although the La Liga outfit person haggled implicit a terms for the left-back, determination has ever been the anticipation that a woody would yet beryllium finalised.

According to transfer adept Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea are paying €19m (£16.23m) successful warrant fees, with a further €2m (£1.71m) coming successful add-ons.

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Chavarria speaks connected Chelsea transfer

Speaking to the club's authoritative website, Chavarria - who has signed a five-year declaration - has acknowledged that having the accidental to play nether Alonso was a large origin successful the move.

He said: "I'm truthful excited to get started. This is simply a imagination for maine arsenic Chelsea are 1 of the biggest clubs successful the world.

"It is simply a large accidental but I americium prepared and volition enactment hard to assistance the squad execute success.

"There are a batch of radical who person helped maine get to this infinitesimal and I person to convey my family. They person ever supported maine and contiguous is lone imaginable due to the fact that of them."

On Alonso, Chavarria added: "‘I'm a subordinate that loves this intensity, one-to-one battles – I emotion it. Xabi was a apical player, and now, for me, he's 1 of the champion managers successful the world.

"I spoke to him, and helium explained his ideas and however I tin acceptable into that. He wants my intensity, those one-on-ones, box-to-box attacking and defending runs – and this is however I play."

Can Chavarria expect overmuch crippled clip astatine Chelsea?

If Alonso uses a backmost four, the anticipation is that Jorrel Hato oregon Marco Palestra volition beryllium utilized up of Chavarria, peculiarly arsenic helium acclimatises to English football.

Chavarria's champion accidental of crippled clip is if Alonso deploys wing-backs, with Palestra apt being utilized connected the close to escaped up a spot connected the left.

Alonso besides has Geovany Quenda who tin diagnostic successful some roles, but Chavarria has been signed for his combativeness and vigor up and down the flank.

A full of 2 goals and 8 assists were contributed from 125 appearances for Rayo Vallecano, with conscionable 9 of his 91 starts coming arsenic a wing-back oregon winger.