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New Chelsea signing Renato Veiga has said he is “buzzing” to subordinate nan Premier League broadside aft completing his move from Swiss broadside Basel.
Sporting Lisbon younker merchandise Veiga had a breakthrough play successful 2023/24, establishing himself arsenic 1 of nan finest players successful nan Swiss apical flight.
“This is 1 of nan biggest clubs successful England – nan biggest, for me,” nan Portugal under-21 world added.
“I’m perfectly buzzing to beryllium here. I’m conscionable really excited to get started.”
Chelsea transportation news: Veiga signs
Chelsea person spent astir £12 cardinal connected nan 20-year-old, according to a study by The Athletic past week.
Veiga is nan 5th subordinate to move to Stamford Bridge since nan assignment of erstwhile Leicester City head Enzo Maresca connected June 3.
Midfielders Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Omari Kellyman, guardant Marc Guiu and defender Tosin Adarabioyo person besides arrived nether nan Italian.
A defender aliases midfielder, Veiga has signed a seven-year woody pinch nan nine which includes a further one-year option.
A reddish paper and ankle wounded meant he missed nan extremity of Basel’s play arsenic nan nine stayed up via nan Swiss Super League relegation play-offs.
He will now beryllium portion of an expensively-assembled squad aiming to build connected an underwhelming sixth-placed decorativeness successful 2023/24.
Chelsea 2024/25: ‘Mentality and culture’
“When you subordinate a club, you effort to analyse what nan nine and squad needs to amended and do nan correct things,” Maresca told Chelsea’s website past week.
“It’s clear we request to create, arsenic soon arsenic possible, nan correct mentality and civilization – a civilization that nan fans tin beryllium proud of. This is very important.
“We are going to effort to beryllium an fierce squad connected nan shot and disconnected nan shot and we request to create this relationship betwixt nan fans and nan club, particularly astatine home.”
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