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Chelsea have confirmed that they have signed Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace, while Fabrizio Romano has an update on their other business.<\/p>\n
The Blues<\/strong> have been tracking Lacroix for several weeks, and they confirmed his arrival from Crystal Palace on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n After impressing for Crystal Palace, Chelsea have paid around \u00a352m to sign the France international from their Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n Lacroix is Chelsea\u2019s seventh summer signing after Morgan Rogers, Marco Palestra, Geovany Quenda, Emmanuel Emegha, Denner and Dastan Satpaev, but more arrivals are due in the coming days.<\/p>\n The Blues have altered their transfer policy following the appointment of Xabi Alonso<\/strong>and Romano has revealed that Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck are set to add much-needed experience to their squad, though they will no longer sign Sunderland\u2019s Granit Xhaka.<\/p>\n \u201cBrentford have officially confirmed that Jordan Henderson is terminating his contract at the club and is allowed to leave on a free transfer,\u201d Romano said on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n READ: Eddie Howe leaves after making Newcastle better than Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cChelsea already have an agreement in place with Jordan Henderson on a two-year contract. Everything is done. We are just waiting for the medical and the contract signing.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the beginning of the window Chelsea wanted to add an experienced midfielder and a leader in midfield. Even if he is not young anymore in football terms, they wanted someone with experience and leadership in that position.<\/p>\n \u201cChelsea were also considering Granit Xhaka, but Sunderland didn\u2019t want to let him leave.<\/p>\n \u201cChelsea have completed the deal for Jordan Henderson on a two-year contract. This follows Danny Welbeck. The deal is also done for Welbeck and, once again, it is a two-year contract.<\/p>\n \u201cWe already said in April and May that Chelsea were going to change their strategy following the arrival of Xabi Alonso. They wanted to bring in more experienced players.<\/p>\n \u201cNow they have 35-year-old Danny Welbeck and 36-year-old Jordan Henderson. Both deals are done.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Transfer rumour ranking: Liverpool linked with \u00a386m Salah replacement, Howe exit pushing Bruno Guimaraes out? But Juventus-bound Kerim Alajbegovic is another player who will not be joining Chelsea this summer.<\/p>\n The forward has an agreement to join Juventus for around \u00a330m (35 million euros) including add-ons, and Romano has revealed why he is not going to Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u201cKerim Alajbegovic, several clubs have been in conversations and several clubs have been in talks,\u201d Romano added.<\/p>\n \u201cFor example, I can say that Chelsea have been in the conversation for some time, but for Chelsea the idea was for him to be a project player for the future. They wanted to sign Alajbegovic, possibly find a loan solution, let the player develop and then return to Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Chelsea identified his talent, but after signing Morgan Rogers they didn\u2019t include Alajbegovic in any plans to become a starter with immediate effect.<\/p>\n \u201cJuventus are offering something completely different. They are offering him the chance to become an important player, compete for a starting place and also the opportunity to become a star in Italy, which is a country that really attracts the player.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the beginning of the transfer window, Kerim Alajbegovic made it clear to his father and the people close to him that he wanted to move to Italy because he believes it is the ideal destination.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Every Premier League club\u2019s transfer priority: Wingers for Arsenal, Liverpool as Chelsea fix problem position \u201cChelsea tried, but it was a different type of project.<\/p>\n \u201cNow Juventus have an agreement in place with Bayer Leverkusen worth around \u20ac30m plus add-ons, rising to a maximum of \u20ac35m.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are still a few details to clarify with the player, but I think between tonight and tomorrow everything will be completed. Juventus are convinced they will complete the deal for Kerem Alajbegovic.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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