Omeruo close to Chelsea return

Representatives of Kenneth Omeruo have told MTNFootball.com that the Nigeria defender is “95% close to joining up with Chelsea”.

Omeruo has made the final 23-man Nigeria squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations after he only made his full international debut against Catalonia this month.

“Chelsea want the player to end his loan spell at ADO Den Haag and we are going to have several meetings in this respect,” one of the representatives of the defender informed.

“Right now there are discussions to have a meeting in South Africa during the Nations Cup.”

One of the issues that need to be ironed out is whether he should move to Stamford Bridge immediately during this winter transfer or wait till the closed season in the summer.

He has signed an initial 18-month loan deal at Den Haag, which will be up at the end of this season. Mikel Obi and Victor Moses are the other Chelsea players on the Eagles squad to the Nations Cup.

Nineteen-year-old Omeruo, who has been capped by Nigeria at U17 and U20 levels, is in his second season on loan with Den Haag from Chelsea.