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title: "Transfer deal confirmed for Chelsea star"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/transfer-deal-confirmed-for-chelsea-star/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Will Kent"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2017-07-21T20:30:30Z"
modified: "2017-07-21T20:30:30Z"
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# Transfer deal confirmed for Chelsea star

**Chelsea and Stoke City fans are celebrating together in the Transfer Tavern after [hearing the news of Kurt Zouma signing a new six-year deal at the London club](https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/zouma-delighted-to-seal-city-switch), before making the trip north to sign for the Potters on loan.**

It’s a win-win situation for both teams with Chelsea ensuring they keep one of their biggest prospects for the future while enabling him to get more first-team Premier League football at Stoke this season.

“I am absolutely delighted to be here finally, I have been waiting all week for this to happen,” Zouma told the official [Stoke City site](https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/zouma-delighted-to-seal-city-switch). “

The manager spoke very well and I also spoke to a few of my teammates at Chelsea, who had played here before, and they had many very good things to say.

“They told me that I would be made to feel very welcome here, that I would be looked after and that the group of players here would help me to settle straight in.”

Punters at the bar are discussing how consistent first-team football in the heart of Stoke’s defence will only stand Zouma in good stead for the rest of his career.

The 22-year-old has also played for France twice in his career, debuting in 2015, and a season playing regularly at Stoke will give him the best chance of making a claim for a potential World Cup spot next summer.

**What do you think, Chelsea and Stoke fans? Should he have remained at Chelsea or was this a good move? Let us know!**