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Jamie Gittens: Why did Chelsea's new signing change his name?
Cameron Smith
- 4 Jul 2025 10:00 BST
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Jamie Gittens will become Chelsea’s seventh signing of the 2025 summer transfer window after Enzo Maresca’s side agreed a €65 million deal with Borussia Dortmund.
The England winger will leave the Signal Iduna Park after a promising five-year stint with the Bundesliga club, during which time he scored 17 goals and provided 14 assists in 107 first-team appearances.
Current ETV
Jamie Gittens
M (L)
Dortmund
Jamie Gittens
M (L)
Dortmund
ETV Range
€61.5M - €75.1M
Gittens arrived at Dortmund from Manchester City on a free transfer in 2020, following in Jadon Sancho’s footsteps, and he slowly established himself as a regular in the senior side.
His game time dramatically reduced following the appointment of Niko Kovac in January 2025, however Chelsea have still opted to sign him as they believe he possesses the talent to become one of the best wingers in Europe.
Gittens is widely expected to become Chelsea’s new first-choice left winger, following Sancho’s return to Manchester United after his loan spell at Stamford Bridge and Mykhailo Mudryk’s doping suspension.
Eagle-eyed fans will be aware that Gittens was formally known as ‘Bynoe-Gittens’, but he opted to drop the first part of his surname ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Why is Chelsea’s latest signing no longer called Jamie Bynoe-Gittens?
Before the start of the 2024-25 campaign, Gittens decided to shorten his name by removing ‘Bynoe’ from the back of his match shirt.
He explained his decision during an interview with Borussia Dortmund’s official website. “Both are my father's names, but he said he prefers it if I'm just called Gittens because it's shorter,” the Englishman revealed.
“Most people know him as Gittens, so from now on, I'll only go by Gittens.”
Gittens will sign a seven-year contract at Chelsea and he will become the latest talented youngster to join the west London giants since BlueCo’s arrival as the club’s new owners back in 2022.
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