Fulham have agreed to signal Chelsea striker Armando Broja on mortgage for the remainder of the season, sources have informed ESPN.
Fulham can pay a mortgage price of £4 million ($5.1m) for the 22-year-old, who is ready to endure a medical tonight with all events now assured a deal might be accomplished earlier than the 11 p.m. UK time (6 p.m. ET) deadline. One supply added that the mortgage price would drop to zero if the Albania worldwide makes 10 begins for Fulham.
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Broja has been deemed surplus to necessities at Stamford Bridge and attracted curiosity from Wolves and West Ham, however all golf equipment had been initially delay by Chelsea’s insistence on each a everlasting sale and a £50m ($63.7m) valuation.
Chelsea dropped their calls for on deadline day morning by indicating they had been keen to sanction a mortgage transfer however for a £5m price ($6.4m), a determine which Fulham have subsequently negotiated down following in depth talks between the 2 golf equipment.
Broja has scored simply three objectives in 38 appearances for Chelsea and has struggled to seek out his finest type below Mauricio Pochettino. The Albania worldwide missed six video games in October and November resulting from a knee downside and hasn’t scored since Chelsea’s 4-0 FA Cup third-round win over Preston on Jan. 6.
Fulham have faltered in assault this season following Aleksandar Mitrovic’s departure to Al Hilal in August. Marco Silva’s aspect have scored simply 28 instances in 22 Premier League video games — solely Manchester United (24) have netted fewer out of the groups within the prime 13.
Further reporting from ESPN’s Tom Hamilton contributed to this report.
