Chelsea are closing on agreement with Napoli over a season-long loan deal for goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
The 24-year-old Spaniard, who cost a record £71.6million fee for a keeper in 2018, played for Chelsea on Friday in their 3-1 friendly win over Udinese.
He is eager to play regularly and push his claims for a World Cup place.
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Kepa has been sidelined by the form of Edouard Mendy and has found it difficult to displace the trusted Senegal international.
Chelsea will ask Napoli to pay a £1.