Transfer: Chelsea’s highly rated midfielder joins Leicester City

Chelsea midfielder Cesare Casadei has joined Leicester City on a season-long deal.

He will remain at the King Power Stadium until the end of the 2023-24 season.

Before switching to Leicester City, Casedei made 15 appearances on loan for another Championship side Reading, last season,

He won the Championship last season and also claimed the Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards at the Under-20 World Cup in Argentina this summer.

“I feel really good. I’m really happy to be here, I’m excited and I can’t wait to get started,” the 20-year-old Casadei told the official Leicester website.

“Obviously, Leicester is a big team so I’m here to win and to do as well as possible to fight and to work hard for this team.”

The Italy U20 international  is expected to go straight into the Leicester squad for their home fixture with Cardiff.