Leicester City beat Chelsea to the signing of Andrej Kramaric after agreeing a club-record fee of £9.7 million last night. The Croatia striker agreed a three-and-a-half-year contract to move from Rijeka.

Chelsea were expected to sign Kramaric and loan him, probably to Leicester, for the rest of the season, but the west London club were unwilling to pay in excess of £8 million.

Kramaric has scored 28 goals in 24 games for club and country this season and will be a welcome addition to a Leicester side who have scored just short of a goal a game in trying to beat relegation. The 23-year-old has been capped by Croatia at all levels and came through at Dynamo Zagreb, whom he joined at the age of