Overview

• Essugo joins from Sporting Lisbon on an eight-year contract worth £18.5 million with no add-ons.
• He made 23 first-team appearances for Sporting after rising through their academy.
• Essugo broke club records as Sporting’s youngest ever debutant at 16 years and six days and later as their youngest starter.
• He spent the second half of the 2023-24 season on loan at Chaves before playing 27 LaLiga matches and scoring once for Las Palmas in 2024-25.
• A Portugal Under-21 international, he becomes Chelsea’s first signing of the 2025 summer transfer window.