Jorrel Hato joins Chelsea from Ajax; Blues will pay an initial fee of £35.5m plus add-ons for the 19-year-old; Netherlands international becomes clubs eighth summer signing and takes their spending past £250m;

Chelsea have completed the signing of Netherlands defender Jorrel Hato from Ajax in a deal worth a reported £37million. The 19-year-old, who has been capped six times by his country, has signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge. He becomes the Blues’ eighth signing of the summer transfer window.

Jorrel Hato has controversially claimed that Chelsea are the biggest club in the world his £37m transfer from Ajax was announced on Sunday. The Dutch international defender has signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge and becomes Chelsea’s eighth signing of the summer.