Ben Jacobs names price Chelsea will pay for surprise 17 year old transfer – but we’re worried about the terms

We love a transfer that comes from nowhere, and last night’s “bomb” from Fabrizio Romano about Geovany Quenda was a perfect example.

In the dead of night, the Italian insider revealed that Chelsea had done a deal for the Sporting Club de Portugal wide man, and that was then backed up by David Ornstein later in the morning.

Ornstein’s report confirmed that Quenda, who is still 17, wouldn’t arrive until July 2026, after spending next season back on loan with Sporting where he’s broken into the first team and is playing regularly. He also made it clear that Chelsea’s intentions are to play the youngster as a winger rather than wing back (although of course plans may change in the 14 months before he arrives).

That left just one question – how much have we paid for this impressive rising star? Well the third horseman of the transfer rumour has arrive to tell us just that.

Ben Jacobs, perhaps feeling left out for not having got the scoop on this particular rumour, has come in with the final transfer fee: “circa £40m”, with no add-ons or sell ons.

The one worry over “no add-ons” deal

Geovany Quenda playing for Sporting. (Photo by David Johnson/Getty Sport)

That is a reasonable price for such a talented player, but it does leave us with one worry. The fact that Sporting will get the full

Their business is selling players on to teams with bigger budgets, and now the Quenda deal is done there’s no financial incentive to keep developing him for sale.

Of course if playing Quenda gets them better results then they’ll do it. But if it’s a coin toss between him and another youngster, they’ll pick the player who they still own rather than the one whose sale is already agreed.

Chelsea fans will also complain that it’s yet another signing for the future – he won’t even be here next season – when the team in the present is still full of holes.

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