Chelsea agree deal to sign Fluminense starlet Wallace

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Brazilian teenager Wallace during the January transfer window.

The attacking right-back, 18, will remain with current club Fluminense until the end of the season.

The Brazil Under-20 international helped Fluminense win the Brazilian league championship, plus two regional titles, last season.

He will join fellow countrymen David Luiz, Oscar, Ramires and Lucas Piazon at Stamford Bridge.

The transfer fee has not been revealed.

Wallace made his debut for the Rio de Janeiro side aged 17 and has played 18 times for their first team.

Speaking to the BBC at the end of last month, Wallace revealed several Italian clubs had shown interest in him but added "it was the name Chelsea that attracted me".

He helped Brazil win the South American Under-17 Championship in 2011 before contributing to their fourth-placed finish at the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico three months later.

Chelsea duo Deco and Juliano Belletti both left Chelsea for Fluminense in the summer of 2010.

The Blues negotiated the first option on three young Fluminense players, with Wallace being the first to arrive in west London, as part of the Deco deal.

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Source: BBC