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Chelsea striker Bertrand Traore earns work permit after 18 months with Vitesse Arnhem

 Bertrand Traore of Vitesse and Simon Poulsen of AZ battle for the ball during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Vitesse Arnhem and AZ Alkmaar
Image: Bertrand Traore (R): Chelsea striker has been on loan at Vitesse Arnhem in Holland

Chelsea striker Bertrand Traore has been given a work permit and will join the club's pre-season tour.

The Burkina Faso forward has been registered as a Chelsea player since January 2014, but at that time he had not played enough international football to earn a permit.

Chelsea sent him to Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie, and he scored 13 league goals last season at a rate of nearly one-per-start.

Traore will now have the chance to impress Jose Mourinho on Chelsea's tour of the United States, where they play friendly matches against New York Red Bulls, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona.

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