Deal WON! Chelsea officially announce first summer signing
With the acquisition of Southampton’s teenage goalkeeper Eddie Beach, Chelsea has officially entered the Todd Boehly era.
The club’s chairman Bruce Buck and director Marina Granovskaia have both left Stamford Bridge as a result of Boehly’s aggressive involvement in Chelsea’s transfer activity after purchasing the team from Roman Abramovich.
Although he has focused on acquiring players for the first team, Beach, an 18-year-old youth player, is the club’s first signing under his leadership.
The teenage goalkeeper has officially joined the Blues after a fee was agreed upon by the two clubs last week.
“We are very pleased to bring Eddie to the club,” said assistant head of youth development and head of youth recruitment Jim Fraser. “He is a talented goalkeeper with good potential and will join our development squad for the coming season.”
Beach, who was part of the Southampton side that reached the Under-18 Premier League national final, will join up with Chelsea’s development side.
Welcome, Eddie! Let’s get back to winning ways in the youth teams as well!