Chelsea have confirmed that Lewis Bate has joined Premier League rivals, Leeds United on a permanent transfer.
The Blues
disclosed this in a statement on their website on Thursday.
The statement
read, “Academy midfielder Lewis Bate has today completed a permanent transfer
to Leeds United.
“We thank Lewis for his time at
the club and wish him well in the future.”
Bate, 18, first started
training at Chelsea at the age of eight.
The midfielder captained
Chelsea’s Under-18s in the FA Youth Cup final last year.
Bate also featured three times
for Chelsea’s development squad during their title-winning Premier League 2
campaign.
He has been named among the
substitutes for Chelsea senior men’s team on three occasions, most recently for
in their FA Cup fifth-round tie against Barnsley in February.
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