Chelsea have agreed to sign Antonio Rudiger from Roma for £29 million.

Rüdiger, who is primarily a central defender but can play at right-back, is expected to earn around €4 million (£3.5 million) a season. 

Antonio Conte had initially pushed the club to sign Juventus’s Leonardo Bonucci or Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk, while Nathan Aké has been sold to Bournemouth for £20 million.