Michy Batshuayi passes medical ahead of £33.2m switch to Chelsea after Tottenham are beaten in race for striker

• Chelsea have agreed a £33million fee with Marseille for Michy Batshuayi
• Tottenham had been confident of signing the 22-year-old striker
• Marseille had also accepted a £31m offer from Crystal Palace
• The French club need to sell before July 5 to avoid a transfer embargo
• Batshuayi is poised to sign a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge 
• Forward passed a medical at Belgium's Euro 2016 squad on Wednesday 

Chelsea have agreed a £33.2million deal with Marseille to sign striker Michy Batshuayi. 

The Belgium international had his medical with Chelsea staff at Chateau du Haillan, in Bordeaux on Wednesday ahead of agreeing personal terms on a five-year contract.

Marseille had agreed the fee with Chelsea on Tuesday evening after receiving counter offers from Crystal Palace, West Ham and Tottenham. 

Chelsea have beaten Tottenham and Crystal Palace in the race for the 22-year-old forward's signature

West Ham launched a £32m bid for Batshuayi on Wednesday but have been beaten to his signature by their London rivals.

The cash-strapped French side needed to reach a conclusion swiftly as they were under threat of sanctions from DNCG, the financial regulator of football clubs in France, unless they paid £21m by July 5. 

They are also due to pay a sell-on of £11.5million to Batshuayi's former club Standard Liege owing to their 35 per cent sell-on clause, effectively leaving Marseille with around £700,000 from the deal.

President Vincent Labrune is now expected to step down and pave way for a restructuring of the club.

The 22-year-old Batshuayi was due to talk at his country's press conference on Wednesday ahead of their Euro 2016 quarter-final with Wales but was stood down on the insistence of Marseille as talks accelerated.

Belgium boss Marc Wilmots said of the deal: 'I think it is best that players are busy with transfers. This shows that they have worked hard. They had a free afternoon yesterday and some took the opportunity to move forward with transfer issues. It’s good to solve these problems.

'He did not ask me for advice [over the move]. Marseille just asked me to release him for two hours for a medical visit from 10 am to noon. That’s all.' 

He was not Chelsea's first option and still lacks consistency but manager Antonio Conte has been convinced he has potential to develop. 

Batshuyai scored 21 goals last season and impressed in his cameo during Sunday's 4-0 win over Hungary, when he came off the bench to replace Romelu Lukaku and scored with his first touch. 

Lukaku was another option for Chelsea while their priority target has been Alvaro Morata at Real Madrid though that deal is considered complicated and they face fierce competition.

Chelsea have sent Radamel Falcao back to Monaco while Loic Remy is a target for clubs in Turkey and Atletico Madrid remain keen on a return for Diego Costa. 

Batshuayi celebrates after scoring in Belgium's 4-0 win over Hungary at the Stadium Municipal on Sunday

Batshuayi could be set to link up with fellow Belgium international Eden Hazard (left) at Stamford Bridge