Manchester City have have snapped up teenage Millwall winger Samuel Edozie for an initial £600,000.
The Blues have agreed the compensation deal with the London club, with the fee rising above £1million depending on the Nigeria-born player’s progress.
Chelsea and several top Bundesliga clubs were also in the chase for the 16-year-old, who is expected to start life at City in the Under-18s, after joining the club on July 1.
But the Blues have always pushed young talent, with several of their FA Youth Cup team playing up a level for the under-23s last season.
Millwall wanted the pacy Edozie to stay, offering him scholarship terms, but the lure of the Premier League proved too much.
Edozie played for Millwall’s Under-18 and Under-19 teams last season, and Chelsea wooed him by inviting him to their Cobham training base and introducing him to England star Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Edozie can also play as an attacking midfielder.
