Armando Broja joins Fulham on loan from Chelsea

Fulham have completed the signing of Armando Broja on loan from Chelsea until the end of the 2023/24 season.

Chelsea had been looking to shift Broja before Thursday's transfer deadline, though for much of January they were demanding a permanence to any potential exit.

However, their stance changed on deadline day and they were open to straight loan offers if they included a fee, with Fulham beating Wolves to his signing after losing Raul Jimenez to injury.

Confirmation of the move was confirmed just after midnight on Friday after Fulham submitted a deal sheet to the Premier League.

It's been widely reported that Fulham will pay Chelsea a base fee of £750,000, but this could rise to £4m if certain conditions are met.

Broja was last week compared to Harry Kane by Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino, but he was notably left out of their starting lineup in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to Liverpool.

The Albania international has registered two goals and two assists in 19 matches for Chelsea this season having spent much of the year behind Nicolas Jackson in the pecking order. Jackson has now returned from AFCON duty with Senegal and Pochettino has at times played Cole Palmer up front.

This will be Broja's first loan out of Chelsea since the 2021/22 season in which he scored nine goals in 38 games for Southampton.

Broja also has ambitions of playing at Euro 2024 with Albania, though he was ruled out of the latter stages of their qualifying campaign through injury.

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