{"id":1166773,"date":"2022-08-04T20:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-confirm-signing-of-midfielder-carney-chukwuemeka-from\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T20:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:46:27","slug":"chelsea-confirm-signing-of-midfielder-carney-chukwuemeka-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-confirm-signing-of-midfielder-carney-chukwuemeka-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea confirm signing of midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka from"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Carney-Chukwuemeka-1300x731-1-696x391.jpg\"   alt=\"Carney Chukwuemeka\" title=\"Carney Chukwuemeka\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carney Chukwuemeka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea have confirmed the arrival of 18-year-old midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka on a six-year contract from Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week the Blues had announced that they had reached an agreement with Villa for the deal. Whilst the terms of said deal weren\u2019t disclosed the fee was reported to be \u00a320 million fee.<\/p>\n<p>Now Chelsea have put out another statement saying that the deal has been completed following the agreement of personal terms with Chukwuemeka.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder, who helped England win the Euro U19s, will sign a six-year deal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been quite hectic but I couldn\u2019t get Chelsea out of my head the last few days so I\u2019m just happy and relieved that it\u2019s all done,\u201d\u00a0said Chukwuemeka\u00a0to the club\u2019s website after the deal was finally completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea chairman and co-owner Todd Boehly added: \u201cCarney is one of the most exciting young players in Europe so we are really looking forward to seeing him in action at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chukwuemeka becomes Chelsea\u2019s fourth signing of the summer after the arrivals of Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Gabriel Slonina.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-_PrFsrYFsc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fashion 101: Dinner Wear Trends - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (4-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-_PrFsrYFsc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carney Chukwuemeka Chelsea have confirmed the arrival of 18-year-old midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka on a six-year contract from Aston Villa. Earlier in the week the Blues had announced that they had reached an agreement with Villa for the deal. Whilst the terms of said deal weren\u2019t disclosed the fee was reported to be \u00a320 million fee. 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