Golovin's Chelsea transfer appears to be confirmed by teammate
Chelsea could be set for another signing under Maurizio Sarri after a teammate of Aleksandr Golovin appeared to announce his move to the capital.
CSKA Moscow’s Sergey Chepchugov seemed to wish his current teammate Golovin well at Chelsea in a post on social media.
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They had not been the only club linked to the 22-year-old Russian international, who scored for his national team at the World Cup and impressed in front of a global audience. Arsenal and Juventus have both been rumoured to be interested in the playmaker.
An Instagram post from Chepchugov congratulated Golovin for a move to a, ‘big club,’ and went on to wish him good luck for his time at Chelsea.
Chelsea are undergoing a summer overhaul following the exit of Sarri. Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard have been strongly linked with moves to Real Madrid. Gary Cahill, David Luiz and Olivier Giroud are amongst a group of players who could depart Stamford Bridge.
So far Chelsea have signed Jorginho from Napoli though are expected to bring in several more players.