Real Madrid have announced that they have agreed a deal with Chelsea over the permanent transfer of Mateo Kovacic.
The Croatian midfielder joins the Blues after a year loan spell at the Blues last season.
Despite Chelsea’s transfer ban, they are able to sign Kovacic to a permanent deal, with the player not counting as a new registration, enabling the Blues to bring the midfielder into the side.
Kovacic will join the Blues as potentially their only signing of the summer window, with the transfer ban set to come into force.
Chelsea are currently appealing the ban, lodging a complaint to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Blues only other new arrival, as it stands, will be Christian Pulisic, who signed for the Blues in January but returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan for the rest of the season.
Chelsea are also expected to announce the arrival of Frank Lampard as their new manager soon.
