Andrey Santos’ move from Vasco da Gama to Chelsea is now official.
The transfer was today announced by the Brazilian club, who with a statement on their website, confirmed that he’s joining the Blues.
Vasco claim to have agreed the sale ‘this Friday’, naming Chelsea as the buyers, despite not giving any more details about the deal.
In the past couple of weeks, there’ve been reports in the Brazilian and the English press claiming that in case the player didn’t get a work permit for the Premier League, then he could be loaned back to the Rio de Janeiro side for a few months.
The main reason for it would be that he didn’t play in the first division yet, as the club only got promoted at the end of last year.
Earlier this week, club director Paulo Bracks had already claimed that Andrey Santos was going through medicals in London, so now it seems all this bureaucratic process is complete.
Chelsea are reportedly paying around €12m for the transfer, and that’s a reason of anger for Vasco fans, who believe the talented youngster should be worth a lot more.
Bracks subsequently addressed the situation in a press conference soon after the announcement, stating: “Done deal. Andrey is sold to Chelsea from England. We had signatures from both parties. We take the opportunity to thank Andrey, who arrived at Vasco at the age of 6, in 2011.
“He helped us a lot from the academy, in futsal, to the professional and also with promotion last season. Andrey leaves the club to play for a great club in world football, as is also Vasco, and will play in the Premier League.”
