Fabrizio Romano, a transfer expert, confirmed that the Blues are still looking to complete another deal.
Chelsea is currently the most active team in the Premier League’s transfer market.
Before EURO 2024 began, they successfully recruited Fulham’s midfielder Tosin Adarabioyo on a free transfer.
On the evening of June 22, the home team at Stamford Bridge continued to announce the signing of Estevao Willian from Palmeiras for up to 65 million euros. There’s no need to wait long, as Chelsea signs a third rookie.
Despite the fact that he is only 18, Chelsea’s third signing comes at a high price.
Specifically, journalist Fabrizio Romano confirmed: “Omari Kellyman has joined Chelsea, here we go!
19 million pounds is a large sum when you consider that this midfielder is only 18 years old and made only two Premier League appearances last season.
Kellyman represents Chelsea’s new owner’s policy of seeking out top young talent. This player contributes to Chelsea’s ownership of numerous valuable young players in the squad.
Rival fans have accused Chelsea of ‘player laundering’ as the club attempts to meet Premier League financial rules ahead of a looming deadline.
Chelsea are close to completing two deals with Aston Villa, with attacking midfielder Omari Kellyman expected to join for £19 million.
Kellyman, 18, is set to have a medical on Monday before signing a six-year deal.
Ian Maatsen is expected to go the other way, with the Chelsea left back set to undergo a medical ahead of a £37.5 million transfer to Aston Villa.
Aston Villa and Chelsea are among the clubs under pressure to meet the Premier League’s profit and sustainability regulations, with the deadline for clubs to file their accounts on Sunday.
Both Chelsea and Aston Villa have been reported to need to complete deals to meet Premier League financial rules ahead of the June 30, deadline.
Maatsen and Kellyman would both represent ‘pure profit’ on the accounts of selling clubs, reducing concerns about meeting financial requirements.
Amortisation allows the buying clubs to spread the cost of the transfer over the length of the player’s contract.
The clubs’ transfer deals are not against the rules, but rival fans have questioned the moves and the fees involved.
Fans have pointed out that Chelsea are planning to spend £19 million on Kellyman, just two years after he joined Aston Villa from Derby for £600,000.
The England youth international has only made six first-team appearances for Aston Villa, playing 150 minutes of senior football.
One rival fan accused the clubs of ‘inflating’ their balance sheets with the transactions, labeling them as ‘player laundering’.
Another questioned the valuations of the transfers prior to the accounting deadline on Sunday.
‘So Villa sign Maatsen for £35 million, which is £20 million or more in player laundering to avoid PSR and book revenue. The fan wrote, ‘In plain sight’.
‘ “Hi villa, Chelsea here, we will buy a young player from you for £25m and you buy one from us for £25m we can both book the profit in June to help us both with our breaches, it’s a wash and highly profitable”
‘I meаn, inflating your balance sheet to pass rules, as if the clubs involved had messed up their finances, which they did. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king!
Another highlighted additional transfer deals between clubs facing PSR challenges ahead of the deadline.
Aston Villa signed Everton academy product Lewis Dobbin for an undisclosed fee on Sunday, a day after the Toffees paid £9 million for Tim Iroegbunam.
Newcastle were reportedly considering a £35 million move for Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, while the Toffees are interested in 19-year-old winger Yankuba Minteh for £30 million.
Minteh was signed by Newcastle last summer for a reported £5.8 million.
‘Chelsea, Villa, Everton, and Newcastle must sell players to meet financial regulations by June 30th,’ one fan wrote. ‘Academy players are being sold for inflated fees before the June 30th deadline, and we know why.’
Everton completed the signing of Tim Iroegbunam from Aston Villa for £9 million on Saturday.
Everton and Nottingham Forest were docked eight and four points respectively for breаking PSR rules last season, but both avoided relegation.
Leicester, who were also charged earlier this year, may start next season with a points deduction after being promoted from the Championship.
Last month, Aston Villa’s proposal to increase the maximum permitted losses from £105 million to £135 million over three years was rejected at the Premier League’s annual general meeting.
Earlier this month, Aston Villa owner Nassef Sawiris stated that he was considering legal action over the rules, which he claimed ‘do not make sense’.
Despite qualifying for the Champions League next season, Aston Villa appear to be on the verge of selling star Douglas Luiz to Juventus for £17 million, with Samuel Iling Junior and Enzo Barrenechea leaving.
Chelsea has insisted that it is on track to meet PSR rules, despite the fact that the club’s accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, show a pre-tax loss of £90.1 million.
Aston Villa owner Nassef Sawiris, right, has claimed the Premier League financial rules ‘do not make sense’.
Fans had previously criticised Chelsea for making £76 million by selling two hotels on the Stamford Bridge site to another company they own.
Insiders at the London club insist that the deal was completed in accordance with Premier League rules and was pre-approved by the competition, adding that they used two independent valuers to ensure a fair price was agreed upon.
The Premier League failed in its attempt to prohibit clubs from making similar moves, with only 11 of the 20 clubs supporting a rule amendment, falling short of the two-thirds majority required to ratify a rule change.