Fulham Agree £22m Fee For Chelsea Winger George

Fulham person agreed a £22m interest to motion winger Tyrique George from Chelsea.

The 19-year-old is successful talks complete a five-year statement astatine Craven Cottage, while Chelsea person a sell-on clause included successful nan deal.

George, who is chiefly a winger but tin besides play arsenic a striker, was nan taxable of liking from German nine RB Leipzig connected deadline day, but they are not known to person made immoderate charismatic connection to Chelsea.

The teen is expected to time off Stamford Bridge having scored 3 goals and delivered 5 assists successful 27 matches since breaking into nan first squad astatine nan opening of past season.

The move comes amid nan imaginable illness of what would person been Fulham's grounds signing, pinch nan £34m woody for Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian winger Kevin successful uncertainty aft Portuguese nine Sporting matched nan bid.

Kevin, 22, had been offered a five-year woody by Fulham.

However, AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze has completed a aesculapian and is expected to subordinate Fulham earlier nan transportation model closes astatine 19:00 BST connected Monday.

The caller signings would beryllium a boost for Fulham leader Marco Silva, who has antecedently complained astir nan club's constricted action successful nan transportation window.

Silva said nan Cottagers had been "passive" successful nan summertime window, having only added French goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte from Montpellier.

The Cottagers person 2 points from their opening 3 Premier League games and are 18th successful nan table.

They followed up opening draws astatine Brighton and astatine location to Manchester United with a arguable 2-0 conclusion astatine westbound London rivals Chelsea.