{"id":622621,"date":"2023-03-12T13:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T17:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=622621"},"modified":"2023-03-12T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T17:37:26","slug":"chelsea-set-to-sign-jamaican-forward-dujuan-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/12\/chelsea-set-to-sign-jamaican-forward-dujuan-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Sign Award-Winning 17-Year-Old Forward Described as a &#8216;Great Player&#8217; &#8211; Who Had Trial With Newcastle United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/11\/chelsea-confirmed-lineup-leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1634865315740893184?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">secured an agreement<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to sign 17-year-old Jamaican forward Dujuan &#8216;Whisper&#8217; Richards. The teenager will join the west London club in November 2023, when he turns 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Secure Transfer Agreement for Dujuan Richards<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamaican talent Dujuan \u2018Whisper\u2019 Richards has signed with Chelsea yesterday but he will join the club directly in November, when he will turn 18 \ud83d\udd35\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 <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>Next one to join Chelsea will be Ecuadorian gem 2007-born Kendry Paez, as already revealed in February. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cYzu6unwq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cYzu6unwq0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1634865315740893184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Set to Complete Richards Signing Later This Year<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The London side have shown a lot of desire to sign quality young talents under their new ownership. They signed\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/04\/juninho-chelsea-wonderkid-andrey-santos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Brazilian youngster Andrey Santos<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in January and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/03\/chelsea-andrey-santos-vasco-da-gama-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">even loaned him out<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0afterwards. The Blues have an\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/chelsea-vision-2030-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ambitious future plan<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and aim to be determined to build a super-team for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It has been reported that the 17-year-old\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">even had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/dujuan-richards-newcastle-trial-transfer-26423275\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trial at Newcastle<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0United, but opted to join their Premier League rival instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/10\/chelsea-interested-signing-bruno-guimaraes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Plotting Ambitious Summer Move for Bruno Guimaraes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What is more surprising is that Richards said after his Newcastle trial that he&#8217;s expecting to join the club. He said after the trial: &#8220;All I can say is I think did well and I was able to be seen by all the coaches. I am grateful for the opportunity and I believe it could be a good fit. I know they are a very ambitious club and want to be playing in the Champions League. I am expecting to hear positively from the club.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8EXCL: Chelsea have reached a full agreement with Phoenix All Stars to sign wonderkid Dujuan \u2018Whisper\u2019 Richards [born in 2005]. \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83e\udd1d <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>The centre-forward will join after he turns 18 in November. <\/p>\n<p>More here\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gNaiTpQWrD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gNaiTpQWrD<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K81LxcFzXP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/K81LxcFzXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nathan Gissing (@NathGissing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NathGissing\/status\/1634657664629104641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who is Dujuan Richards?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Born in November 2005 &#8211; Richards has been making a lot of fans for himself in Jamaica. He&#8217;s excelled and impressed with his goal-scoring heroics as well as his ability on the ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideradiojm.com\/award-winning-whisper-rewarded-with-national-training-call-up-for-schoolboy-exploits\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Richards won five awards<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at the ISSA schoolboy football awards and was good enough to earn a trial at a Premier League club like Newcastle. The 17-year-old is naturally a centre-forward, who can also operate on either wing and attended the Magpies&#8217; Premier League game against West Ham United last month too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/07\/josko-gvardiol-transfer-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Must Break Transfer Record for Josko Gvardiol Signing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He has trained with the Jamaican national football team, and even scored a hattrick for Kingston College in their 3-0 win over Calabar in the Digicel Manning Cup game last year. After that, Kingston College coach Raymond Watson hailed him as a &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/sports\/kc-coach-heaps-praise-on-whisper-richards\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">great player<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8221; &#8211; who is now poised to get a big move to England and take his shot at breaking into the Chelsea first team after November.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea\u00a0have\u00a0secured an agreement\u00a0to sign 17-year-old Jamaican forward Dujuan &#8216;Whisper&#8217; Richards. The teenager will join the west London club in November 2023, when he turns 18. Chelsea Secure Transfer Agreement for Dujuan Richards Jamaican talent Dujuan \u2018Whisper\u2019 Richards has signed with Chelsea yesterday but he will join the club directly in November, when he will turn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":622626,"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":[3,11,28],"tags":[1407,9763],"class_list":["post-622621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-transfers","tag-chelsea-transfers","tag-dujuan-richards"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622621","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\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}