Chelsea are close to completing the signing of 18-year-old Brazilian striking sensation Angelo Gabriel from Santos.
Santos’ number 11 made his debut for the club aged just 15 years and 10 months old, overcoming all-time legend Pele by 11 days, and has not looked back since, making almost 100 appearances for the club already.
Angelo set to sign for Todd Boehly’s Blues
The Blues are believed to have offered $19m for the wide forward according to Brazilian journalist Vene Casagrande with the bid expected to be accepted by the South American outfit.
Informação importante do mercado da bola:
O Santos está próximo de vender o atacante Ângelo ao Chelsea por 15 milhões de libras, cerca de 90 milhões de reais. A oferta já chegou ao Peixe. Negociação perto de ser fechada. pic.twitter.com/MXKnUWdyCz
— Venê Casagrande (@venecasagrande) June 28, 2023
Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping for the Blues to have found the next Neymar- with comparisons being made between the attacking style of the two Santos youth academy graduates.
The move for Angelo goes in hand with Todd Boehly’s side’s new youthful transfer policy, following moves this summer already for 17-year-old Jamaican Dujuan “Whisper” Richards, Nicolas Jackson, and 21-year-old in-demand midfielder Moises Caicedo.
