Chelsea Transfers: £30 Million Deal Agreed For Alex Teixeira

By Matt Holmes / December 24, 2015

Alex Teixeira has verbally agreed a £30 million move to Chelsea, according to reports in the Daily Express. The Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder's representatives have reportedly been in talks this week over a five-year deal that would see Teixeira become Carlo Ancelotti's first acquisition of his second spell in charge at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have been chasing 25-year-old Teixeira for the majority of 2015 and are determined to steam forward with the move in the wake of former manager Jose Mourinho's departure. Despite scoring an incredible 26 goals in 26 games in Ukraine this campaign, the Brazilian international is not an out-and-out forward, though will clearly bring firepower to Chelsea's forward line with Diego Costa and Falcao under-performing and Loic Remy not being trusted under Mourinho's reign.

New interim Chelsea manager Ancelotti took part in his first training session on Tuesday and held a team meeting where he outlined that the Champions League, the FA Cup and as high a league position as possible were the club's main targets. Teixeira's desire to leave Ukraine for the Premier League has intensified since Shakhtar Donetsk were knocked out of this season's Champions League in the group stages.