THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Chelsea has reached an agreement with Anderlecht for the transfer of 18-year-old striker Romelu Lukaku.
The two clubs announced the deal on their websites Saturday, subject to Lukaku passing a medical exam and agreeing personal terms.
The fee was not disclosed, but is reportedly more than C20 million ($28.5 million).
At the age of 16 and in his debut season, the 6-foot-4-inch Lukaku scored a league-leading 15 goals in 2009/10 and made his first international appearance for Belgium. He scored 16 league goals last season.
He will become new Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas’s third off-season signing, joining Spanish midfielder Oriol Romeu, who arrived from Barcelona, and Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from Genk. All three are teenagers.