Chelsea agree £47m deal to sign midfielder in final hours of deadline day

Lamine Camara is set to join Chelsea (Getty)

Chelsea have agreed a €55 million (£47.1m) deal to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara.

Earlier on Tuesday, Chelsea had a €45m (£38.5m) bid for Camara rejected by Monaco and their follow-up offer of €50m (£42.8m) was also turned down.

However, Monaco need to free up a non-EU slot in their squad and had been in talks to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton before the deal fell through on Tuesday evening....