Chelsea have agreed personal terms with Marc Cucurella ahead of a proposed £50m move and are also set to sign young goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina for £12m

Cucurella put in a transfer request last week to attempt and speed up a move to the Premier League winners, and it was previously anticipated that he would sign with Manchester City this summer.

However, City refused to accept Brighton's demand, and on Monday, Chelsea snatched the intended transfer away from City. According to several reports, the West Londoners have agreed to pay Brighton's £50 million asking price, placing them squarely in the driver's seat to sign the brilliant defender.

Fabrizio Romano now claims that Chelsea have agreed personal terms with Cucurella and the player is ready to accept a move to Stamford Bridge once a formal deal has been settled between the two clubs.

Talks are expected to continue today to complete the deal, so Cucurella is edging closer to joining Chelsea in what would be a major coup for the Blues considering the 24-year-old was widely tipped to join City.

Cucurella was voted as Brighton’s Player of the Year last season following a superb debut campaign having only joined the club from Getafe in a £15m deal last summer.

The Spanish international can play on the left side of a back three, giving Thomas Tuchel more choices in defense. He will compete with Ben Chilwell for playing time as a left-back.

Cucurella may not be the only new addition likely to arrive at Stamford Bridge; according to The Sun, Chelsea are close to acquiring highly-regarded goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina from Chicago Fire for £12 million.

The 18-year-old reportedly passed his physical exam on Monday and will sign a six-year contract with the Blues before being returned on loan to the Chicago Fire to continue his development.

Slonina has emerged as one of the hottest young talents in American football and has started all 23 MLS games so far this season, keeping 10 clean sheet in the process.

The American is set to become Chelsea’s third signing of the summer following the arrivals of Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly. And if the Blues are able to pull off a £62m double swoop also involving Cucurella, then it won’t be long before Tuchel has his fourth new signing wrapped-up.