Attacker excited after joining Chelsea in January, Boss delighted after late Chelsea deal done, Chelsea confirmed Italian deal

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Brand new CHELSEA signing Keira Walsh has opened up and revealed just how excited she is with the move to Stamford Bridge after deciding to leave Barcelona.

Walsh signed for the Spanish giants in 2022 for what was then a world-record fee, having just played a major part in the Lionesses’s European Championship triumph on home soil.

The midfielder has since won back-to-back Champions League and Spanish league titles but is due to be out of contract in the summer. It was initially reported that the fee would be as high as £800,000, but Standard Sport understands it is only around half that.

The deal is Chelsea’s second major transfer of the January window, following last week’s signing of Naomi Girma for a world-record fee, and Walsh has opened up and revealed her excitement at making the move to the WSL Champions.

‘It’s no secret that I wanted to come and wanted to play closer to my friends and family. Just having my family back in the stands, it’s something I’ve just wanted for a long time.

‘When I spoke to CHELSEA, I knew that I wanted to come here.’

‘They are delighted,’ Walsh said. ‘I kept it quiet for a little bit because I know that my mum gets quite stressed, so tried not to tell her too many details.

‘I’m sure my dad’s looking forward to watching me play every week. He’s really missed that. I’m just really looking forward to having them much closer.’

‘There are always a lot of areas to improve,’ Walsh added. ‘Speaking to Sonia, she wants me to score more goals.

‘You look at the condition of this Chelsea team and they’re all so strong and physically tough. They’re incredible at getting around the pitch and that’s something I want to add to my game.

‘The speed of the WSL as well is something I can learn from. The players play at such an incredible speed which will help me improve on the ball. I’ll have to play and think faster.’

CLEVERLEY DELIGHTED WITH WILEY DEAL

Watford boss Tom Cleverley expressed his delight at capturing the precocious talents of CHELSEA starlet Caleb Wiley for the remainder of the 2024/25 campaign, after the Blues allowed the defender to leave

Wiley was signed by Chelsea in the summer of 2024, inking himself to a six-year contract with CHELSEA  through 2030 at Stamford Bridge, but the left back spent the first half of the campaign on loan at Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, but only managed six appearances due to injury with the French side and was brought back to the club earlier in the transfer window.

Now He will spend the remainder of the season away from the club after the decision was made that he would be allowed to make the loan move to Watford, and boss Cleverley has admitted that he is very happy with the defender coming into the club.

“Caleb’s a really athletic left-back with great technical quality – as you’d expect from a Chelsea player,” said the Watford boss of the new loan signing.

“He’s coming here having been playing at a high level with Strasbourg in the French top-flight. And he’s exactly the type of player that’s going to give us great competition in that area of the pitch.”

The 20-year-old USA international is currently returning from injury.

“It’ll be a couple of weeks before we see him in training so that’s a known quantity and we’re fine with that,” Cleverley added.

“It’s great to add Caleb to our defensive options and I’m looking forward to getting him integrated with the group.”

CASEDAI LEAVES

CHELSEA have announced that midfielder Cesare Casedai has now left the club and signed for Seria A side Torino.

The 22-year-old midfielder has signed a 4.5-year contract with the Serie A side, who are in turn paying €15m to Chelsea for the transfer. That’s the total “package” price, matching the initial fee the Blues paid to Inter Milan in 2022.

CHELSEA do have a 25 per cent sell-on, which makes this deal a bit more attractive financially.

Chelsea posted: ‘Signed from Inter Milan in August 2022, Casadei initially featured for our Under-21s side before spending the second half of the campaign in the Championship with Reading.

‘He was then included in the Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup and claimed both the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot as his country finished as runners-up to Uruguay.

‘A loan move to Leicester City followed, where Casadei gained further senior experience, before he returned to Chelsea in January 2024.

We would like to thank Cesare for his efforts throughout his time with the club and wish him well as he embarks on a new chapter in his career.’

IcChelseanews View…

Look, the lad needed to leave as he was not getting the game time that he needed, so even though he is a talented lad, we are glad that he has got a move that could benefit his career well down the line.

Good luck to the lad.

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