{"id":13134,"date":"2017-05-19T00:27:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/2017\/05\/19\/chelsea-close-in-on-virgil-van-dijk-verbal-agreement-over-on-loan-defender\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T00:27:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:27:23","slug":"chelsea-close-in-on-virgil-van-dijk-verbal-agreement-over-on-loan-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/?p=13134","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Close in on Virgil van Dijk & Reach 'Verbal Agreement' Over On-Loan Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"
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?Premier League champions Chelsea are making gains in the race\u00a0to sign Virgil van Dijk from Southampton, as well as coming close to\u00a0agreeing terms over Andreas Christensen staying at Borussia Monchengladbach as a result.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0?101greatgoals.com, Chelsea are at the front of the queue in terms of enlisting the\u00a0Dutch defender’s services, with\u00a0the fee of the transfer reported to be around \u00a345m.<\/p>\n

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As a consequence of Van Dijk’s increasingly likely\u00a0move away from St.Mary’s, Chelsea may loosen their grip on 21-year-old Danish defender Andreas Christensen, allowing Borrusia Monchengladbach to keep him in Germany.<\/p>\n

Andreas Christensen is said to have impressed Antonio Conte with his solid performances whilst out on loan, and at 21, he is an exciting defensive prospect.<\/p>\n

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The Bundesliga club were prepared to be lose their promising on-loan defender, however, as Blid have reported via\u00a0?101greatgoals.com, Gladbach’s sporting director Max Eberl has ‘excellent contacts’ at Chelsea\u00a0and has secured a ‘verbal agreement’ over the player’s future.<\/p>\n

Andreas Christensen could end up moving to Borussia Monchengladach permanently for a club-record \u00a317m.<\/p>\n