Goalkeeper competition sorted! Chelsea set to sign highly-rated Serbia international Djordje Petrovic from MLS side New England Revolution

Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2023 by Goal.com

Chelsea are closing in on the signing of highly-rated goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic from Major League Soccer side New England Revolution.

Blues set to complete deal
Will compete with Robert Sanchez
Chelsea will pay €16m (£14m/$17m)

WHAT HAPPENED? Fabrizio Romano reports that Chelsea are poised to complete a deal to bring Petrovic into the club from New England. The club have sold Edouard Mendy to Al-Ahli this summer, and have also loaned Kepa to Real Madrid. They have signed Robert Sanchez from Brighton, but their current back-up goalkeeper is the journeyman Marcus Bettinelli; Petrovic will fix that issue.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Petrovic is so highly-rated that he has also been linked with Manchester United and Liverpool, having been nominated for the prestigious MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award. Ironically, the 23-year-old replaced Matt Turner in the team after New England sold him to the Premier League, as he joined Arsenal. Petrovic is now set to follow in his footsteps by heading to the capital, albeit to west London.

AND WHAT'S MORE: Chelsea have explored the MLS market before, bringing in Matt Miazga and fellow goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina from the United States in recent years. Petrovic will look to compete with, and ultimately usurp, Sanchez in Mauricio Pochettino's starting XI, with a medical booked in for later this week.

WHAT NEXT? Chelsea will look to complete the signing of Petrovic swiftly; they face Luton Town on Friday.