Crystal Palace are lining up a bid to signal midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea this summer season, in keeping with reviews.
Chukwuemeka is a product of the Aston Villa youth system and made 16 senior appearances for the membership between Could 2021 and July 2022.
The midfielder then signed for Chelsea, the place he’s performed 27 instances throughout all competitions through the previous two seasons, scoring twice however by no means actually establishing himself as a first-team common.
Nonetheless solely 20 years previous, Chukwuemeka is a participant with appreciable expertise and has 25 caps to his title throughout varied youth ranges for England, who he helped win the 2022 U19 Euros — being named within the Workforce of the Match alongside the best way.
In actual fact, with Chelsea trying to skinny their squad after one other busy summer season of spending, Spanish giants Barcelona have been closely linked together with his signature — though Fabrizio Romano has cooled hypothesis barely.
“There was hypothesis about different potential Chelsea exits as nicely, with Carney Chukwuemeka linked with Barcelona,” Romano instructed CaughtOffside.
“Nonetheless, my understanding is that there’s nothing concrete to date. Chelsea haven’t acquired any bid for Chukwuemeka and the state of affairs is at present quiet. Then within the subsequent days, we’ll see… however in the meanwhile there was no provide made to Chelsea from Barca.”
Crystal Palace lining up Chukwuemeka bid
In keeping with The Solar (by way of The Chelsea Chronicle), Crystal Palace are additionally lining up a bid for Chukwuemeka.
The report states that the Eagles are ‘prepared to spend massive’ on the teenager, who’s eager to depart Stamford Bridge in quest of first-team soccer, with new supervisor Enzo Maresca seemingly preferring different choices.
