According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea has reached the sale of Renato Veiga to Villarreal, helping him become the most expensive contract in the history of the Golden Submarine.
Renato Veiga joined Chelsea under a 7 -year contract from FC Basel just 12 months ago, with a transfer fee that was said to be about 12 million pounds. But this versatile defender was not able to play regularly under Enzo Maresca and was lent to Juventus in January, where he had 15 appearances in all arenas.
Although Veiga has a series of firm performances in the center of Juventus's defense, he still returned to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2025. The Blues made it clear that they could not guarantee the 22 -year -old a regular kick regularly in the 2025/26 season, making him plan to find new stops to play more.
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Chelsea agreed to sell Renato Veiga to Villarreal. |
Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan are considered to be interested, but Villarreal has affirmed that he is the brightest candidate to get this Portuguese player, who can play well in both central and central midfielder positions.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Villarreal's discussions have made positive progress in recent days, this La Liga team has now reached an agreement with Veiga and Chelsea with a transfer cost of up to 29.5 million euros (25.5 million pounds), including surcharges.
Chelsea can also receive a significant amount of money if the gold submarine sells this player in the future. The deal will help Villarreal's record contract, surpassing the transfer fee of 23.5 million euros (20.4 million pounds) by Arnaut Danjuma from Bournemouth 4 years ago.
Veiga's contract at Stamford Bridge is still 6 years. He was eliminated from Chelsea's first squad in the FIFA Club World Cup campaign and it was clear that the Portuguese player was not in Maresca's plan for this season.
There was no room for Veiga on the bench when Chelsea was drawn without a goal in the opening match of the Premier League with Crystal Palace, so docking Villarreal to play regularly was the perfect choice for this player.