Chelsea have accomplished the signing of Strasbourg midfielder Valentin Barco on a seven-year deal.
The 21-year-old turns into Chelsea‘s sixth signing of the summer season after the arrivals of Morgan Rogers, Danny Welbeck, Emmanuel Emegha, Maxence Lacroix and Marco Palestra.
The midfielder will be part of the rest of Chelsea‘s pre-season tour, with the Blues set to face Italian aspect Juventus in Hong Kong on 5 August.
Chelsea didn’t disclose the payment.
Barco appeared as soon as for Argentina on the 2026 World Cup, the place they completed runners-up to Spain – and was slapped by Jude Bellingham after the semi-final victory over England.
A product of Boca Juniors’ academy, Barco joined Brighton in 2024 for a payment of £7.9m.
But he spent only a yr on the south coast, and joined Strasbourg the next summer season after a profitable mortgage spell.
He comes the second participant this summer season to hitch Chelsea from Strasbourg, with each golf equipment owned by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
It is the thirteenth deal between the 2 golf equipment for the reason that begin of final season.
