Bournemouth Agree £25m Fee For Chelsea Keeper Petrovic

Bournemouth person agreed a £25m interest to motion Chelsea goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.

The 25-year-old will person a aesculapian pinch nan nine adjacent week and is expected to motion a five-year deal.

Petrovic was keen to time off Stamford Bridge to go a regular starter and refused to play successful nan Club World Cup.

He becomes Bournemouth's 2nd summertime signing, pursuing nan £14m summation of French left-back Adrien Truffert from Rennes.

The Serbia world replaces Kepa Arrizabalaga, who spent past play pinch Bournemouth connected indebtedness from Chelsea, but joined Arsenal permanently astatine nan commencement of July erstwhile his £5m merchandise clause was triggered.

There was liking successful Petrovic excessively from Sunderland, Monaco and Strasbourg, wherever he enjoyed a successful indebtedness spell successful nan erstwhile run and won their subordinate of nan play award.

The French nine are besides owned by nan aforesaid Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ownership arsenic Chelsea, who bought Petrovic for £14m from New England Revolution successful 2023.

Chelsea head Enzo Maresca deemed him not bully capable pinch his feet, but Petrovic made important betterment successful that area during his spell successful Ligue 1.

He has pushed to time off nan Blues this summer, opting against a call-up to their Club World Cup squad.

Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and summertime signing Mike Penders are successful nan United States, wherever Chelsea look Paris St-Germain successful nan last of Fifa's extended tournament.