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CLOSER? Villarreal accept Chelsea bid for Jorgensen (but he wasn't first-choice)

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CLOSER? Villarreal accept Chelsea bid for Jorgensen (but he wasn't first-choice)
CLOSER? Villarreal accept Chelsea bid for Jorgensen (but he wasn't first-choice)Action Plus
Chelsea are closing on a deal for Villarreal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen.

The Denmark U21 keeper has seen Villarreal accept a €24.5m offer from Chelsea today.

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Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reports all parties are in agreement and Jorgensen is on his way to London to complete the move.

Interestingly, Bold says Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca's first-choice was his keeper at Leicester City, Mads Hermansen.

But the Foxes' £45m valuation was deemed too rich by Chelsea chiefs.