Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig.
The France international has signed a six-year contract after the two clubs pre-agreed a deal for Nkunku to make a summer move to Stamford Bridge at the end of last year.
Chelsea released a video on Twitter confirming the news. They captioned it: ‘Nkunku is a Blue!’, before posting a photo saying: Welcome Nkunku’.
‘Having played in Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, I now want to play in the Premier League, one of the strongest leagues in the world. I am very excited for this challenge and will be proud to wear the Chelsea shirt.’
Meanwhile, Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley (Chelsea’s co-sporting directors) said: ‘Christopher has proved himself one of the standout attacking players in European football over the past two seasons and will add quality, creativity and versatility to our squad.
‘He has demonstrated his ability at the highest level with RB Leipzig and France and we look forward to him joining up with his new teammates ahead of the new season.’
Nkunku helped Leipzig finished their season off in style by scoring against Eintracht Frankfurt to see Marco Rose’s side win the DFB-Pokal Cup final 2-0.
The 25-year-old made 172 appearances for the German side and left on a high after scoring 16 goals during an injury-plagued season. Nkunku also finished the 2022-2023 Bundesliga campaign as the joint-highest goal scorer.
He also registered six assists across the season to help his team finish third in the standings – five points behind first-place Bayern Munich.
