Chelsea have agreed a deal with Lokomotiv Moscow to sign defender Branislav Ivanovic, and are set to complete a deal reportedly worth almost £9m.
Ivanovic, a Serbian international has been granted a work permit, and the move will go through once personal terms have been agreed.
Ivanovic, 23, is a versatile defender who won his first senior cap for Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006 in a friendly against Italy.
