• Centre-half agrees personal terms after lengthy discussions
• Cahill to earn around £80,000 a week at Stamford Bridge
Gary Cahill will undergo a medical at Chelsea on Saturday after finally agreeing personal terms on a £7m move from Bolton Wanderers.
The England centre-half is expected to complete his transfer over the weekend before being unveiled as Andre Villas-Boas’s first signing of the midwinter window early next week.
Chelsea’s offer for the 26-year-old, whose contract at the Reebok Stadium was due to expire in the summer, had been accepted by Bolton soon after the market opened, only for talks between the player and his prospective new employers to drag.
A compromise has been struck over his salary – believed to amount to some £80,000 a week – and the defender could renew the centre-back partnership he has enjoyed with John Terry in the England side when Villas-Boas’s team visit Norwich next Saturday lunchtime.
ChelseaBolton WanderersPremier League 2011-12Premier LeagueTransfer windowDominic Fifieldguardian.co.uk
