Chelsea are closing in on the signing of highly-rated goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic from Major League Soccer side New England Revolution.
, but their current back-up goalkeeper is the journeyman Marcus Bettinelli; Petrovic will fix that issue., 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.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.
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