Chelsea in danger of seeing €40m transfer fall through after serious issues were flagged

Samu Omorodion’s move to Chelsea is close to falling through after he failed to “satisfactorily” pass his medical according to reports in Spain.

Chelsea have agreed a £34.5m fee with Atletico Madrid for the striker and the 20-year-old is expected to complete his move before the start of the season.

Omorodion was part of the Spain squad which won Olympic gold after they beat hosts France in the 5-3.

Omorodion’s move to Chelsea has fallen through

The Blues have been in the market for a striker and despite signing teenager Marc Guiu they have been looking to add another goalscorer to their, with Omorodion their chosen man.

Everything appears to be agreed between clubs and player, but Spanish outlet Relevo have reported the deal is close to falling through after issues with the medical.

Relevo report that the Spain under-21 international travelled to London this weekend for his medical but an issue which caused him to miss the Olympic final and that has caused some doubts to arise with the deal currently “frozen.”

The report adds that Omorodion is back in Spain with Atletico and Fabrizio Romano has added that all parties are still working on the deal.

If true it would represent a blow to Chelsea who have tracked the striker for the majority of the summer and clearly believe in his ability.

Omorodion joined Atletico last summer from Granada but spent the season on loan at Alaves where he scored nine goals in 36 appearances.

He’s yet to kick a ball for Atletico, but is regarded as one of the most promising young strikers in Europe.

Chelsea will be hopeful they can resolve the issue and still get the deal completed, but if not they could turn their full attention to Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, with the Blues in talks with their Italian counterparts over the possibility of the Nigerian being part of the deal which would see Lukaku head to Naples.