Bournemouth have agreed a £25million deal to sign goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic from Chelsea.
The Serbia international has been granted permission to undergo a medical next week with the south-coast club ahead of agreeing a five-year contract.
Bournemouth have been seeking a new No 1 following Kepa Arrizabalaga’s return to parent club Chelsea and subsequent sale to Arsenal.
Petrovic, who spent 2024-25 on loan at Strasbourg, had been given permission to find himself a new club, and had a gentleman’s agreement that he could depart Stamford Bridge for £25m — as reported in The Athletic’s Transfer DealSheet.
Petrovic wanted assurance as a regular starter, but Chelsea could not promise that with Robert Sanchez and Filip Jorgensen featuring prominently during 2024-25.
The Serbia international spent the recent campaign on loan at Strasbourg, the Ligue 1 club which is also owned by BlueCo, and played 31 times, helping his side to a seventh-place finish and qualification for the Conference League. He was voted as the supporters’ player of the season.
He has played 31 times since signing for Chelsea from MLS side New England Revolution, deputising upon Sanchez’s injury during 2023-24.
He was left out of Enzo Maresca’s Club World Cup squad which has reached the final against Paris Saint-Germain, set to be played on July 13 at the MetLife Stadium.
Petrovic was one of several out-of-favour players that returned to training at Chelsea who are not in their Club World Cup squad and spent last season out on loan, joining the likes of Joao Felix, Ben Chilwell and Renato Veiga at Cobham.
Neto returned to Bournemouth from his loan at Arsenal this summer, while Everton are interested in signing Mark Travers as back-up to Jordan Pickford.
