Chelsea have agreed a new six-year contract with Levi Colwill.

The deal has but to be signed however is now in place and commits the 20-year-old centre-back to Stamford Bridge till at the least 2029.

Colwill returned to Chelsea this summer season following a profitable mortgage spell final season at Brighton & Hove Albion, who’ve the defender as their high summer season switch goal.

After becoming a member of up late resulting from his profitable Under-21 Euros marketing campaign with England earlier in the summertime, Colwill has featured all through Chelsea’s pre-season tour within the U.S., together with within the 4-3 win in opposition to Brighton earlier this month.

Following that match, his first for Chelsea, new head coach Mauricio Pochettino stated: “I’m proud of him, his efficiency was good at present, higher than what I anticipated as a result of it’s only the primary sport with us after the season with Brighton.

“I am so happy, he can be one of the greatest centre-backs in England.”

Though Colwill made solely 17 Premier League appearances for Brighton final season, he emerged as a key participant beneath Roberto De Zerbi within the south-coast facet’s run-in as they secured a sixth-placed end.

His good kind was rewarded with a call-up to coaching with the England senior facet forward of the June Euro 2024 qualifiers, earlier than he joined his age-group team-mates.

Colwill beforehand spent the 2021-22 marketing campaign on mortgage at Huddersfield Town, who have been overwhelmed by Nottingham Forest within the Championship play-off closing.

Colwill could have competitors for locations within the Chelsea defence through the 2023-24 season, with Benoit Badiashile a like-for-like left-footed centre-back choice, in addition to Thiago Silva and Trevoh Chalobah. The west London facet have additionally agreed a deal to signal Axel Disasi from Monaco, whereas Wesley Fofana had surgical procedure earlier this summer season after sustaining an ACL harm in pre-season coaching.

Analysis by Chelsea correspondent Simon Johnson

Colwill will know he has to earn a spot within the Chelsea facet like anyone else, however he’s nicely inside his rights to need some questions answered about how the membership plan to make use of him. Financial reward is just not the primary motivation; the main focus is on gaining sufficient sport time to proceed his progress and momentum.

He has been at Chelsea since becoming a member of the under-9s and is clearly a rising star of the sport. The centre-back has simply helped England win the Under-21 European Championships for the primary time since 1984.

When you additionally think about how he completed the marketing campaign on mortgage at Brighton as they secured sixth place within the Premier League, plus being referred to as as much as prepare with the senior England squad final month, the trajectory of his profession is quickly on the up.

Chelsea can in poor health afford a repeat of the Mason Mount switch saga.

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