Borussia Dortmund have confirmed that Christian Pulisic has signed for Chelsea ‘with immediate effect’.
As per the terms of the agreement, the 20-year-old USA international will remain on loan at the Bundesliga club for the remainder of the current season before making his big switch to the Stamford Bridge.
🤝 @cpulisic_10 wechselt im Sommer zum @ChelseaFC!
Der BVB hat sich mit dem FC Chelsea auf einen Transfer von Christian #Pulisic mit sofortiger Wirkung geeinigt, Chelsea wiederum leiht den 20-Jährigen bis zum Saisonende an den BVB aus.
Alle Infos 👉 https://t.co/HmGsGzfp7D pic.twitter.com/I6dM1NtiuA
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) 2 January 2019
Dortmund have stated that the transfer fee in question is a hefty €64million and that they won’t be made to pay a penny to ‘rent’ Pulisic for the latter half of the campaign.
That’s top dollar for a player whose contract is due to expire in 18 months, but we guess that doesn’t really matter when you’re being bank-rolled by an oligarch.