Carney Chukwuemeka
Deal or no deal? Villa old boy Carney Chukwuemeka
It is reportedly the intention of Chelsea to sell former Aston Villa midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka this summer, if they can find a club willing to buy the 21-year-old.
Chukwuemeka left Villa in the summer of 2022 . The Blues paid Villa £20m for the England youth international, who joined the Lions as a boy when making the move from Northampton Town in 2016.
During the 2020-21 season, he came to the fore in the club's under 18s side, helping them win the FA Youth Cup by beating Liverpool at Villa Park. It was a side which contained the likes of Louie Barry, Lamare Bogarde and Kaine Kesler-Hayden.
Chukwuemeka broke into the Villa first-team the following season having been handed his debut at the end of the previous campaign by . Under he continued to have a look-in, but when Chelsea came calling the following summer Chukwuemeka sealed a move away.
Having played 16 times for Villa's first-team, he has only managed to play 32 times in the three years since for the Blues, due to a combination of competition for places and injuries.
He scored twice in 2023/24, in a defeat at West Ham and in an win over Leicester City. In January of this year,
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The German side, set to sell Jamie Gittens to Chelsea this summer, have worked plenty with young English players including Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham, while they have also recruited the latter's younger brother, Jobe, from Sunderland this summer too. Chukwuemeka played 13 times for Dortmund, scoring once in a win over Freiburg.
His loan has been extended to include the Club World Cup; Chukwuemeka is currently in the States taking part in the competition and has already made substitute appearances in the draw with Brazilian side Fluminense and the victory over South African outfit Mamelodi Sundowns.
it is the intention of Chelsea to sell the player this summer, despite the fact he has three years remaining on his Stamford Bridge contract and irrespective of whether or not Dortmund take up their option to make the existing loan move a permanent arrangement.
The report adds that the Blues will also look to sell Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling, Renato Veiga, Armando Broja and former Villa loanee Axel Disasi this summer as Enzo Maresca aims to trim his squad to make more room on the wage-bill for his own signings ahead of their Champions League stint.
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