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title: "Bakayoko on train ready for Chelsea medical"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "Chelsea Features & Analysis"
published: "2017-07-13T20:51:23Z"
modified: "2017-07-13T20:51:23Z"
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# Bakayoko on train ready for Chelsea medical

AS Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is on a train to London to complete his medical with Chelsea.

Bakayoko has posted a picture to his Instagram story confirming that he is on his way to London on a Eurostar train.

[![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/424EC65900000578-0-image-a-23_1499974865699-1.jpg)](<https://readchelsea.com/(Bakayoko_Official14)>)

The midfielder is set to complete a £40m move to Chelsea, after the club were able to iron out a deal to bring him to Stamford Bridge.

He is set to become Chelsea’s third signing of the summer, after Willy Cabellero and Antonio Rudiger.

Cabellero joined on a free transfer from Manchester City, whilst Rudiger joined from Italian side Roma for a fee in the region of £33m.

Bakayoko is now set to undergo a medical with Chelsea on Friday, according to [the Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4694404/Tiemoue-Bakayoko-takes-Eurostar-ahead-Chelsea-medical.html), before being officially unveiled as a Blue.

Antonio Conte is still on the lookout for a new striker – after missing out on Romelu Lukaku – with Alvaro Morata and Andrea Belotti having been mentioned.