transfer fee

Onana has struggled to live up to his £47m transfer fee since his arrival from Inter Milan in 2023 but has played all 69 Premier League games since he joined the club.

Nevertheless, Onana has done little to justify his transfer fee – the fourth highest paid for a goalkeeper - which means Matic has a legitimate position to launch such an attack.

Sporting announced his transfer fee as £18.4m.

Lyon offered higher wages and were prepared to match the transfer fee that Chelsea eventually had accepted by San Diego, but Girma's preference was always to join the Blues.

At the time, it was the fourth highest transfer fee paid by a Premier League club.