Malo Gusto

Chelsea have completed the signing of French teenager Malo Gusto from Lyon for a fee of €35 million (£30.7 million).

Transfers He has made 15 appearances for the French club this season.

Gusto, 19, is Chelsea's seventh signing of the January transfer window following the arrivals of Benoit Badiashile, Joao Felix, Mykhailo Mudryk, David Datro ...

“I'm very happy to be here.” An official statement read: “Lyon regrets not having been able to keep one of our great hopes, trained at the academy, but remain happy to be able to count on him for the second part of the season.” [helsea](/topic/chelsea) will pay a total of £30.75million for [Malo Gusto](/topic/malo-gusto) if he fulfills a series of bonus clauses agreed in his move from [Lyon](/topic/lyon).

Chelsea have finally wrapped up their seventh signing of the January transfer window after convincing Lyon to sell Malo Gusto in a £31million transfer.

Because when pre-season starts in July, it will be down to him to prove he is able to compete with James for that starting spot, which is far from a straightforward task. The Cobham graduate is only just returning to training after spending three months out with a knee problem, so there is some opportunity for Gusto to step in if James continues to be hampered by injury. The only problem is that Reece James, when fit, is considered untouchable in that role after emerging as one of the key players at the club.

Chelsea transfer news: The Blues have made their seventh signing of the window with 19-year-old Malo Gusto signed on a long-term deal in a transfer worth ...

By loaning him back to Lyon for the remainder of the season, Gusto will continue to play regular first-team minutes thus further enhancing his game. Chelsea have confirmed the signing of 19-year-old full-back Malo Gusto from Lyon on a six-and-a-half-year contract. He is yet to score a senior goal but has provided five assists from defence. [Arsenal and Chelsea handed Moises Caicedo transfer twist after 'dream' Man United admission](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/arsenal-chelsea-moises-caicedo-transfer-26100587) [Chelsea's squad after January transfer deadline following Todd Boehly's spending spree](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/chelsea-january-transfer-todd-boehly-26098334) [Chelsea news: Boehly can complete rebuild with £105m transfer as genius Kai Havertz plan hatched](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-news-jose-mourinho-return-26097611) [Find the footballs on the football.london website to win cash prize, vouchers and TV worth £3,000](https://www.football.london/premier-league/find-footballs-footballlondon-website-win-25975187) [Chelsea news and transfers LIVE: All the latest news, rumours and gossip from Stamford Bridge](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-news-transfers-live-malo-26099944) [Moises Caicedo continues to be of interest to Chelsea and now Arsenal,](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/arsenal-chelsea-moises-caicedo-transfer-26100587) with both clubs seeing bids rejected this month. [On Friday, Lyon club president Jean-Michel Aulas insisted Gusto would be their player until the end of June](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-malo-gusto-agreement-transfer-26095089) and technically that is the case.