{"id":615708,"date":"2022-08-04T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615708"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:08:35","slug":"chelsea-announce-signing-carney-chukwuemeka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-announce-signing-carney-chukwuemeka\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Announce Signing of \u2018One of the Brightest Talents\u2019 in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/chukwuemeka-signing-confirmed?utm_source=tw&amp;utm_medium=orgsoc&amp;utm_campaign=non\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">officially announced<\/a> the signing of Carney Chukwuemeka, a talent they have dubbed &#8220;one of the brightest talents in the country&#8221;. The young midfielder joins on a six-year-deal.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Todd Boehly commented on the signing: &#8220;Carney is one of the most exciting young players in Europe so we are really looking forward to seeing him in action at Stamford Bridge. We are delighted to be able to bring him to Chelsea and add such a talented young individual to our squad for the new season and beyond&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Aston Villa man had this to say about his move to London: &#8220;I\u2019m so excited and just can\u2019t wait to get on the pitch, meet all the players and try to win games and trophies with Chelsea&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Confirm Signing of Carney Chukwuemeka<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue suits you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chukwuemekaa10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Chukwuemekaa10<\/a>! \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n<p>Read all about it! \u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChukwuemekaIsChelsea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ChukwuemekaIsChelsea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC\/status\/1555126329456082944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Prodigy<\/h3>\n<p>With this signing, The Blues have secured the signing of a very promising midfielder. At just 18 years old, the youngster could be an integral part of the first team for many years to come if he makes a breakthrough into the first team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/chelsea-target-inter-milan-cesare-casadei\/\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano: Chelsea Seriously Working on \u00a320 Million Deal for the Next Top Young Talent Opening Bid Already Made<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The England Under-19 international had a breakout season in 2021\/22, breaking into the Aston Villa first team and impressing at the under-19 European Championship. He played in every game of that tournament for the Young Lions and earned a spot in the Team of the Tournament.<\/p>\n<h3>Deal Moves Fast<\/h3>\n<p>While the club have wasted time in this window on negotiations, looking at Jules Kounde, this deal moved quite quickly. This time around the side got the deal done quite quickly to secure the services of a talented midfielder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano: Chelsea Now Chasing Special 310-Goal Striker Discussions Have Already Started<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the 18-year-old Chukwuemeka will be a part of the squad or be loaned out but his signing is sure to excite fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Official. Carney Chukwuemeka has just agreed the terms of a six-year contract at Chelsea and completed his transfer from Aston Villa, club statement confirms. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contract until June 2028, \u00a315m fee plus \u00a35m in add-ons. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E0P9tQDtAh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/E0P9tQDtAh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1555125857886371841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have officially announced the signing of Carney Chukwuemeka, a talent they have dubbed &#8220;one of the brightest talents in the country&#8221;. The young midfielder joins on a six-year-deal. Chairman Todd Boehly commented on the signing: &#8220;Carney is one of the most exciting young players in Europe so we are really looking forward to seeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":615737,"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":[30,3838,11,3,28],"tags":[9333],"class_list":["post-615708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-aston-villa","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-carney-chukwuemeka"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615708","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\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}