New signing says incoming head coach Xabi Alonso talking to him “about how he needs us to play” helped him select the Blues as his subsequent vacation spot.
Proper-back Palestra arrives from for a charge of about £47m, together with add-ons, off the again of a formidable season on mortgage at the place he was named Serie A defender of the yr.
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The 21-year-old has signed a six-year deal, with the choice of an additional yr, and turns into the primary arrival since Alonso’s appointment.
“Plenty of issues satisfied me to hitch Chelsea, probably the greatest golf equipment on the earth,” Palestra informed membership media.
“I am very excited to get began. I’ve felt the power for the reason that first day Chelsea wished me. I can not wait to begin, see all of the followers, my team-mates and the supervisor.
“We’ve got so many gifted gamers right here, a really robust squad and supervisor in Xabi. He has spoken to me about how he needs us to play, which is thrilling, and we won’t wait to compete within the Premier League.”
Blues followers, what do you make of the deal? The place does Palestra match into Alonso’s new squad? And the place do Chelsea must strengthen subsequent?
[BBC]