Chelsea sign Basel midfielder Veiga in £12m deal

Chelsea person completed nan £12m signing of Basel and Portugal Under-21 midfielder Renato Veiga connected a seven-year deal.

The 20-year-old has signed a statement until 2031 to go nan Blues' 5th signing of nan summertime aft deals for Tosin Adarabioyo, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Omari Kellyman and Marc Guiu.

Veiga, who is besides tin of playing successful defence, leaves Basel having made conscionable 26 appearances for nan Swiss nine since joining from Sporting Lisbon successful 2023.

"I'm perfectly buzzing to beryllium here," said Veiga.

"This is 1 of nan biggest clubs successful England – nan biggest for maine – and I'm conscionable really excited to get started."

Renato captained Portugal's Under-20s broadside earlier moving up to nan under-21s. He has featured successful each 7 of nan side's European Championship qualifiers for nan 2025 edition.