Ajax forward Hakim Ziyech has signed a five-year contract with Chelsea, but will remain at the Dutch club till the end of the season.

Ziyech is a left-footed attacker who is comfortable playing off the right flank and coming inside, as he has often done in recent years to such devastating effect for Ajax, or on the left to attack with width and deliver into the box.

According to statement on the Chelsea website: “Chelsea Football Club can today confirm that Hakim Ziyech has agreed the terms of a five-year contract.

The Moroccan international will remain at Ajax for the rest of this season before making the transfer to Stamford Bridge in the summer.”

It was announced earlier this month that a deal had been reached with Ajax for the 26-year-old’s signature, subject to the player agreeing personal terms.

On agreeing those terms, Ziyech said: “I am delighted and proud to have signed for such a huge club as Chelsea. I am looking forward to next season and hope we can achieve great things together.”

Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia added: ‘We are delighted Hakim will be joining us in the summer, having been a key target of the club’s in this last window. He has consistently been one of the most dangerous attacking players in Europe in recent years, which we saw first-hand in our two games against Ajax in the Champions League.

‘We wish Hakim and Ajax all the best for the rest of the season and look forward to welcoming him to Stamford Bridge in the summer.’