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Chelsea put final touches to De Bruyne deal

ESPNsoccernet staff
January 30, 2012
Chelsea are close to completing the transfer of Kevin De Bruyne © PA Photos
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Kevin De Bruyne appears on the verge of signing a deal with Chelsea amid reports the Genk star is undergoing a medical with the Premier League club.

It is claimed De Bruyne, 20, will pen a five-and-a-half year contract at Chelsea after a fee in the region of £7 million was agreed.

The Belgium international is then expected to be loaned back to Genk for the remainder of the season before joining up with the Blues in the summer.

A Genk spokesman is quoted by the Mirror as saying: "[Club director] Dirk Degraen is in London and the expectation is that it [the transfer of De Bruyne] will be finished this week.

"The assumption is that Kevin de Bruyne will be transferred to Chelsea and then will finish the season [on loan] at Genk."

Attacking midfielder De Bruyne will become the third Belgian to join Chelsea in the last six months, following the arrivals of Romelu Lukaku and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois - subsequently loaned to Atletico Madrid - last summer.

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