Chelsea signs Atsu; loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem

English side Chelsea have signed Black Stars winger Christian Atsu from FC Porto and immediately loaned him out to Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands.

The 21-year-old left-sided winger at the end of last season categorically informed Porto of his desire to leave the club with a year remaining on his contract; a decision which got him frozen out of the club's first team pre-season preparations.

Atsu is now owned by Chelsea who secured him at a reported fee of approximately £3.5million. He is reported to have already arrived in the Netherlands for medicals at his loan destination, Vitesse.

Liverpool had been chasing the Ghana international, but failed to agree a fee with his Portuguese club.