Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Brighton striker Danny Welbeck, 35, on a two-year deal.Confirming Welbeck’s exit, Brighton posted on X: ‘Thank you for everything, Danny. The striker has joined Chelsea for undisclosed terms, bringing an end to a successful and memorable six-year spell with the club.’Welbeck, who scored a career-high 13 Premier League goals last season, is now set to link up with his new team-mates on their pre-season tour of Hong Kong, before travelling on to Malaysia and Indonesia. The striker had 12 months remaining on his Brighton contract. ‘I’m really honoured to come to a club of this stature at what feels like a really exciting time,’ Welbeck said.’I’ve had fantastic conversations with the manager and already feel that connection. I’ve got that fire in my belly.’ Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Brighton striker Danny Welbeck on ‘undisclosed’ terms ‘I’m really honoured to come to a club of this stature at what feels like a really exciting time. I’ve had fantastic conversations with the manager and already feel that connection,’ he saidAlonso and his squad are currently in Sydney, Australia for their pre-season tour but they will be moving on to Hong Kong this weekend after their 2-1 friendly defeat to Tottenham earlier today.Alonso originally targeted the signing of Granit Xhaka, 33, but Sunderland refused to sell their captain. They also looked at bringing in John Stones as a 32-year-old free agent. Maxence Lacroix, 26 and from Crystal Palace, has recently been confirmed for £52million. Morgan Rogers, the 24-year-old from Aston Villa, has also signed for £117m. The arrival of Welbeck should lead to other movements in the striker department at Chelsea. Alonso already has Liam Delap, Emmanuel Emegha, Nicolas Jackson, Marc Guiu and Joao Pedro on the books. At least two of those five should be sold or loaned, and possibly three.Joao Pedro is considered untouchable and not for sale, with Fabrizio Romano reporting on Saturday that he is set to sign a new long-term contract in the upcoming days. The Brazilian scored a nine-minute hat-trick in their 6-4 friendly victory over Western Sydney Wanderers. Delap struggled in that win, though he was surrounded mainly by academy products while on the pitch, whereas Joao Pedro was substituted on along with the A team.Welbeck graduated through the youth system at Manchester United, for whom he scored 29 first-team goals across 142 appearances and later spent five years at Arsenal, where he scored 32 times.The England international spent the 2019-20 campaign at Watford before joining Brighton, where he scored 51 goals across six seasons.