Frank Lampard has confirmed Edouard Mendy is undergoing his medical following a £22million move to Chelsea and will be available for the West Brom game on Saturday.
The 6ft 6in Senegalese stopper, 28, is set to sign a five-year contract at the Blues.
And Lampard confirmed Mendy could play as early as Saturday in the Premier League trip to West Brom.
The goalkeeper must first pass his medical and return a negative test for coronavirus.
Lampard said that all being well, they would be able to welcome Mendy by Thursday – just in time for Saturday’s league game.
The Chelsea chief revealed the news while insisting under-fire Kepa Arrizabalaga still has a role in the team and “wants to improve”.
Mendy becomes Chelsea’s seventh signing of the summer in a monster £222m splurge.
Centre-backs Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr were snapped up on frees.
Hakim Ziyech cost £36m to sign from Ajax, with £45m spent on Leicester’s Ben Chilwell.
Meanwhile, Chelsea paid £47m to release Timo Werner from his RB Leipzig contract.
They then matched their club transfer record by shelling out £72m on Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz.
