Chelsea have reached an agreement with Torino for defender Davide Zappacosta.
The defender will become Antonio Conte's fifth summer signing and will sign a four-year contract with the club according to Sky Sport Italy.
The Blues will pay £23million plus bonuses for the former Atalanta man.
Meanwhile, BT Sport pundit James Horncastle says the signing of the 25-year-old seems like a panic buy by the London club.
"Conte was the first manager to call Zappacosta up to the Italy squad," he said.
"He's a wing-back but has lost his place at Torino in the last season because the manager has gone to a back four. He's a little bit too attacking to play as a normal full-back.
"But he's still someone who is trusted not only by Antonio Conte but also Italy's current manager Gian Piero Ventura. He likes to play with a 3-5-2 formation.
"This time last year on deadline day when Chelsea signed Marcos Alonso I was more positive on that than a lot of other people.
"It was clear Alonso had had a very good season for Fiorentina and really fitted the brief of what Antonio Conte wanted.
"Zappacosta is an OK player but for €25m[£23million], Torino to some extent are laughing all the way to the bank.
"To get that kind of price for a player who isn't a starter for them is pretty damn good."
