Sevilla have agreed a deal to sign Gael Kakuta from Chelsea on a permanent deal. Kakuta will join the Europa League champions after the two clubs agreed a deal for the 23-year-old.

The French winger, who spent last season on loan in the Primera Division with Rayo Vallecano, has undergone a medical at the Spanish side and the transfer has now been confirmed.

A statement published on Sevilla’s official website confirmed that the transfer would go through if “everything goes well”.

Kakuta started life at Chelsea as a teenager in 2007 and had big potential. He became a star player for the Blues’ youth team, graduating to the senior squad after two years. He has also represented France at almost every youth level.

The winger, who made just 6 first team appearances for Chelsea, has also had loan spells at Fulham, Bolton Wanderers, Dijon, Vitesse and Lazio.

He was the centre of controversy in 2009 after it was announced by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber that Kakuta would be banned for four months and be fined €780,000 due to a breach of contract with his old club Lens in order to sign for Chelsea in the summer of 2007. Chelsea were also banned from signing any players in the next two transfer windows due to their involvement in inducing the player to break his contract at Lens, meaning they would have been unable to buy or sell players until January 2011.

We wish Kakuta all the best at his new club, and we hope to see him reach the potential he had on his shoulders so early on.