Lamine Camara is set to join Chelsea (Getty) Chelsea have agreed a €55 million (£47.1m) deal to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara. Earlier on Tuesday, Chelsea had a €45m (£38.5m) bid for Camara rejected by Monaco and their follow-up offer of €50m (£42.8m) was also turned down.
Lamine Camara is set to join Chelsea (Getty) Chelsea have agreed a €55 million (£47.1m) deal to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chelsea had a €45m (£38.5m) bid for Camara rejected by Monaco and their follow-up offer of €50m (£42.8m) was also turned down.
However, Monaco need to free up a non-EU slot in their squad and had been in talks to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton before the deal fell through on Tuesday evening.
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Lamine Camara is set to join Chelsea (Getty) Chelsea have agreed a €55 million (£47.1m) deal to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara. Earlier on Tuesday, Chelsea had a €45m (£38.5m) bid for Camara rejected by Monaco and their follow-up offer of €50m (£42.8m) was also turned down. However, Monaco need to free up a non-EU slot in their squad and had been in talks to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton before the deal fell through on Tuesday evening.
Camara has signed a six-year contract with Chelsea, which...
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