Chelsea winger Angelo joins Al-Nassr for £19.1m

Brazilian winger Angelo Gabriel, who ne'er played a competitory lucifer for Chelsea, has subordinate Saudi Pro-League broadside Al-Nassr from nan Blues for £19.1m.

The 19-year-old moved to Stamford Bridge for £13m successful July 2023 from Santos and spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Chelsea's sister nine Strasbourg, making 24 appearances.

In October 2020, aged 15 years and 308 days, he became nan youngest subordinate successful nan history of nan Brazilian apical formation erstwhile he made his Santos debut against Fluminense successful nan Maracana Stadium.

Chelsea person a sell-on clause for nan player, who will nexus up pinch Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane astatine Al-Nassr.

Elsewhere, Daniel Podence has moved to Al-Shabab from Wolverhampton Wanderers for £5m.

The Portugal winger, 28, has played for Wolves since 2019, making 108 appearances and scoring 16 goals.

He was connected indebtedness to his erstwhile nine Olympiacos past season.

The Saudi transportation model closed connected Monday evening.

BBC Sport shot news newsman Nizaar Kinsella

The waste of Angelo to Al-Nassr is important for Chelsea arsenic it edges nan nine towards balancing nan books.

The Blues will person astir £6m profit connected nan interest paid to Santos past summer, to return nan wide full for subordinate income to £188.9m.

If money banked from indebtedness fees and sell-on clauses were besides publically disclosed and included, nan full is apt much than £200m.

That balances retired nan immoderate £208.5m spent connected buying 11 players, not including Genk goalkeeper Mike Penders and Palmeiras winger Estavao Willian, who will subordinate successful 2025.

Although Chelsea’s attack is chaotic - arsenic 1 of nan busiest clubs successful nan transportation marketplace each summertime nether this caller Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ownership - it tin beryllium some profitable and item that location is so a plan.

That scheme is to motion young players who haven’t maximised their worth and either hold for them to create into first squad players aliases beryllium ruthless successful flipping them for a speedy profit if request be.

The specified relation pinch Chelsea is believed by galore wrong nan nine to raise nan worth of players while they besides person Strasbourg, wherever Angelo spent past season, arsenic a spot to nonstop players connected indebtedness earlier they are sold.

Eyebrows were raised erstwhile Chelsea signed Angelo, an retired of shape winger struggling to break into his squad successful Brazil successful 2023, but these figures item nan imaginable of profit arsenic a logic to motion truthful galore young players.