Chelsea complete £62m Quenda and Essugo double signing

Geovany Quenda scored his first league goal against Famalicao in October

Chelsea have completed the double signing of Sporting midfielders Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo for a combined fee of around £62.4m, the Portuguese club have said.

Winger Quenda, 17, will join Chelsea for a fee of up to £44m according to an announcement on the Sporting website, external, but will remain in Lisbon until the end of the 2025-26 season.

The teenager has broken into Sportings first team this season and made his Champions League debut in September.

Essugo, a 20-year-old defensive midfielder, will move to Stamford Bridge in the summer following a loan spell at Las Palmas. Sporting announced his transfer fee as £18.4m.

He has impressed in Spain, but has also picked up two red cards in his past four games.

While Chelsea fans must wait a while to see Quenda, Essugo could join up with Enzo Marescas side for the inaugural Fifa Club World Cup this summer in the United States.

The Portuguese pair are the latest young players signed by the London club, who have already confirmed moves for two other 17-year-olds this summer.

Brazilian Estevao Willian and Ecuadorian Kendry Paez will also move to Chelsea in the summer.

Dario Essugo was given his second red card of the season against Real Betis this month