{"id":397460,"date":"2017-07-01T17:12:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T17:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/chelsea-to-sign-welsh-born-ghanaian-defender-ethan-ampadu\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T17:12:32","slug":"chelsea-to-sign-welsh-born-ghanaian-defender-ethan-ampadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/chelsea-to-sign-welsh-born-ghanaian-defender-ethan-ampadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea to sign Welsh-born Ghanaian defender Ethan Ampadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  1 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/26750256.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Ampadu\" title=\"Ethan Ampadu\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ethan Ampadu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265053595\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265053595\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1498929151_762_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> English Premiership champions Chelsea are on the verge of completing the signing of Ethan Ampadu from Exeter City.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh-born Ghanaian enforcer made 13 appearances for Exeter last season but the teenager was free to discuss terms with other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Exeter have confirmed talks with Chelsea are ongoing, although a tribunal may be required to decide the fee paid for the teenager, who made his debut for the League Two side at the age of 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone at Exeter City fully supports Ethan&#8217;s decision to sign for Chelsea,&#8221; Exeter manager Paul Tisdale said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had many options available to him and has decided that Chelsea provides him with the best opportunity to develop the next step of his career. 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