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Thomas Tuchel hails 'fantastic' Marc Cucurella and says the new £62m signing will help Ben Chilwell 'escape the pressure' after recovering from knee injury which saw him miss the majority of last season

Thomas Tuchel has hailed ‘fantastic’ new signing Marc Cucurella after he completed his move to Chelsea.

Cucurella has joined on a six-year deal after Chelsea struck a deal with Brighton worth up to £62m for the Spanish left-back with the Blues hoping to have had him registered before noon, in order to be in Tuchel’s squad for tomorrow’s season-opening trip to Everton.

Chelsea youngster, defender Levi Colwill, has moved to Brighton on loan for the season in a separate deal.

Chelsea have confirmed the u00a362million signing of Brighton full-back Marc Cucurella

Tuchel said: ‘He is a fantastic, young player.