<!--Article Start--> <p style="text-align: justify"><em><strong>Czech Republic U21 international TomA?A? Kalas - who will spend the coming season on loan at Championship side Middlesbrough - has signed a new three-year contract with <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/category/english-premier-league/chelsea/">Chelsea FC</a>, whilst Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah inches closer to a move to <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/tag/roma/">AS Roma</a></strong></em></p> <p style="text-align: justify">22-year-old defender TomA?A? Kalas - who impressed on his full Premier League d but in a 2-0 Chelsea FC win against Liverpool at Anfield in April 2014 - has committed his future to the club after signing a contract extension that will see him stay on the Blues' books till 2018.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">One youngster who will not be a Chelsea FC player for much longer, however, is Mohamed Salah - the 23-year-old is close to finalising a move to AS Roma, with Chelsea FC and the Italian Serie A side reportedly close to agreeing terms for the player's transfer.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Kalas signs a new three-year deal with Chelsea FC</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Although Blues' manager Jos Mourinho does not have the Czech youngster in his plans for the coming season, it appears he does think there is a possibility that the 22-year-old can contribute a season or two down the line.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">On Thursday, Chelsea FC announced - via their <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/07/new-contract-for-kalas.html">official website</a> - that Kalas had signed a three-year contract that is expected to keep him at the club till 2018. The Czech U21 international had previous signed a five-year deal in 2012, and will now have additional time to prove that he has a role to play with the Premier League champions.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are pleased to announce Tomas Kalas has signed a new three-year contract... <a href="http://t.co/gfZWAxByUF">http://t.co/gfZWAxByUF</a></p> a Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) . <a href="https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/624183938517495808">July 23, 2015</a></blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify">With Mourinho reportedly chasing Everton youngster John Stones, and with Frenchman Kurt Zouma already on the Blues' books, Kalas' long-term future with Chelsea FC is unlikely to be at centre-back. The former Vitesse loanee, however, can be an effective right-back; in fact, the Czech defender was employed in that role with the Dutch feeder club, and has also played in that position for current loan club Middlesbrough.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Serbian Branislav Ivanovi will be 32 before the end of the season, whilst Spaniard C sar Azpilicueta's long-term future appears to be in the left-back position. The Blues have no other right-back options bar academy youngster Ola Aina, who could be loaned out in the coming year or two. As such, Kalas could well have a role to play in the Blues' squad in the near future.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Salah saga finally approaches end</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">The Mohamed Salah soap opera is seemingly close to reaching its finale and reports have emerged that an agreement between Chelsea FC and AS Roma is not too far away - a one-year loan with an obligation to buy reportedly being agreed upon.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">According to Sky Italia journalist <a href="http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/eng/roma-salah-the-negotiation-progresses-the-end-is-in-sight/">Gianluca Di Marzio</a>, negotiation between the clubs is in the final stages, with Roma agreeing to pay Chelsea FC a 2 million as the loan fee with a forced but-out clause set at a 20 million at the end of the year-long loan.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The report claims that the Serie A side will pay Salah around a 3.5 million a year, and that the clubs have started putting together the documents for the Egyptian's transfer.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">England's <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3172717/Mohamed-Salah-set-Serie-return-Roma-Chelsea-near-loan-agreement-Egyptian-winger.html">Main Online</a> are in agreement with the Sky Italia report, claiming that an agreement between the two clubs is close with a loan fee of A?1.4 million (a 2 M) set to be agreed, as well as a buy-out clause that could be as high as A?16 million (a 23 M).</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Mourinho has already confirmed that Salah does not have a Chelsea FC future, and the Egyptian has seemingly been replaced by Burkina Faso youngster Bertrand Traor <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2015/chelsea-fc-pre-season-mourinho-unhappy-with-second-half-display-confirms-moses-and-traore-will-stay-reaction/">who will stay at Stamford Bridge in the coming season</a> following a successful season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p>