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Clarke-Salter agrees Chelsea contract

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Chelsea rising star Jake Clarke-Salter has signed a new contract with the club, it was announced on Friday.

The Premier League champions announced on their official website and social media channels that the centre-back, 19, has agreed the terms of a four-year deal.

It ties teenager Clarke-Salter to Stamford Bridge until the summer of 2021.

The defensive enforcer is regarded as a rising star at Chelsea and has already played for the first team after being handed his debut under former manager Guus Hiddink in a win at Aston Villa in April 2016.

Clarke-Salter, who joined the academy of the Premier League champions at the Under-9s level, spent last season on loan at League One club Bristol Rovers.

In a season interrupted by injury, the defender made 13 appearances for the first team.

He has also collected three FA Youth Cup winners medals, a remarkable feat matched by only six other players in history,.

Clarke-Salter is one of the next generation of highly rated young defenders in the Blues ranks along with the likes of Ola Aina and Andreas Christensen.

A regular at youth international level, Clarke-Salter was also a member of the England Under-20s squad that won the World Cup in South Korea.

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