{"id":615205,"date":"2022-07-23T13:57:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T17:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615205"},"modified":"2022-07-23T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T17:57:36","slug":"ac-milan-are-after-young-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/23\/ac-milan-are-after-young-midfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan Are Chasing a Young Premier League Midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan are chasing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/04\/aston-villa-ashley-young-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Aston Villa<\/a> playmaker Carney Chukwuemeka, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK\/status\/1550397989105111040\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gregg Evans and James Horncastle of The Athletic<\/a>. Spanish giants <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/22\/barcelona-chelsea-target\/\" target=\"_self\">FC Barcelona<\/a>, however, are also interested, possibly making this a race between two of Europe&#8217;s biggest clubs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u25aa\ufe0f AC Milan &amp; Barcelona want Chukwuemeka, who is out contract next summer<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AVFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AVFC<\/a> opened talks last October but exit on the cards<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f If no sale or new deal, he could leave next summer for \u00a3400k<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f Key part of Youth Cup win &amp; Euros success with \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greggevans40?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Greggevans40<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesHorncastle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JamesHorncastle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK\/status\/1550397989105111040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>AC Milan Are After Carney Chukwuemeka<\/h2>\n<h3>The Complexities<\/h3>\n<p>Beating out Barcelona for a player&#8217;s signature is a tough task. That&#8217;s the first complexity for the\u00a0<em>Rossoneri<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The rumoured fee for the player, according to The Athletic, stands at \u00a320 million. That is an expensive fee for a young player who is out of contract after next season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/ac-milan-are-interested-centre-backs\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan Are Interested in Two Young Centre-Backs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa have been negotiating a contract renewal for months now with the player, but progress hasn&#8217;t been made. Chukwuemeka has now been left out of the club&#8217;s Australia preseason tour. An eventual departure is looking more and more likely.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fit With Milan<\/h3>\n<p>Chukwuemeka made 12 senior appearances for Aston Villa in the Premier League last season. He saw less than 300 minutes on the pitch and registered one assist. The 18-year-old hasn&#8217;t truly made his mark at the senior level just yet, although he holds a strong track record in the youth divisions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Carney Chukwuemeka is built incredibly well at such a young age. A midfield monster who would tear up Serie A if he joined Milan. I swear if we sign this lad it would be an simply brilliant move! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uzi5i2CRR4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Uzi5i2CRR4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stefano \ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffc\ud83c\udfc6 (@Stef_Sartori) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stef_Sartori\/status\/1550756200102318081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Milan needs help in both the midfield and attacking midfield. Chukwuemeka can play both positions. As of now, Milan&#8217;s starting attacking midfielder is Brahim Diaz. Although still a promising prospect, Diaz is owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/08\/real-madrid-winger-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a>. Milan may not need an immediate starter but will need reinforcements down the line. Bringing in a youth player early is a sound investment as the player can learn the system before becoming an important piece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/22\/ac-milan-are-inquiring-on-midfielder\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan Are Inquiring About Young Tottenham Hotspur Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan are chasing Aston Villa playmaker Carney Chukwuemeka, according to Gregg Evans and James Horncastle of The Athletic. Spanish giants FC Barcelona, however, are also interested, possibly making this a race between two of Europe&#8217;s biggest clubs. \u25aa\ufe0f AC Milan &amp; Barcelona want Chukwuemeka, who is out contract next summer \u25aa\ufe0f #AVFC opened talks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":615208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1363,3838,1365,7188,5,28],"tags":[7485,9333],"class_list":["post-615205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ac-milan","category-aston-villa","category-barcelona","category-rumours","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-ac-milan-transfer-news","tag-carney-chukwuemeka"],"modified_by":"Dylan Guest, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}