Chelsea defender Alfie Gilchrist has accomplished his medical at West Brom and is about to hitch the Championship membership for £2m plus add ons.
The report comes from Ben Jacobs, who provides that Chelsea have retained “a major promote on clause.”
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Nizaar Kinsella’s report for the BBC, nevertheless, says it’s a £1.2m rising to £2m with add ons.
Chelsea hope for future rewards on younger defender
Ben Jacobs’ Tweet confirming that Alfie Gilchrist has a major promote on clause.
That promote on clause talked about by Jacobs might clarify the charge, which does appear very low, even for a Championship transfer. A Cobham educated child, with Premier League and Championship expertise already established, actually really feel like they
We had fairly hoped that Gilchrist would go to hitch Frank Lampard at Coventry, however it appears that evidently West Brom made the strongest transfer. We’re positive he will likely be a success there. His all-action taking part in type will endear him to the followers there, and as soon as he’s settled he needs to be an actual asset for them as they give the impression of being to battle for promotion.
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Gilchrist drops down – however has a high flight future
We love Gilchrist, and we’re so glad he acquired some memorable moments in a Blue shirt earlier than shifting on – together with scoring a objective. We’re positive we haven’t seen the final of him within the Premier League.
It’s little over a yr since he and there are only a few names on the record of the winners of that trophy who haven’t ended up with high flight success someplace.
With the medical accomplished, we count on this deal to be introduced by West Brom throughout the subsequent 24 hours. His sale takes Chelsea to a report breaking £264.4m price of participant gross sales this summer time.