Crystal Palace are lining up a bid to signal midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea this summer time, in line with studies.
Chukwuemeka is a product of the Aston Villa youth system and made 16 senior appearances for the membership between Might 2021 and July 2022.
The midfielder then signed for Chelsea, the place he’s performed 27 occasions throughout all competitions through the previous two seasons, scoring twice however by no means really 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 identify throughout varied youth ranges for England, who he helped win the 2022 U19 Euros — being named within the Workforce of the Match alongside the way in which.
In actual fact, with Chelsea trying to skinny their squad after one other busy summer time of spending, Spanish giants Barcelona have been closely linked along 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 thus far. Chelsea haven’t obtained any bid for Chukwuemeka and the scenario is at the moment quiet. Then within the subsequent days, we are going to see… however in the intervening time there was no supply made to Chelsea from Barca.”
Crystal Palace lining up Chukwuemeka bid
In accordance with The Solar (through The Chelsea Chronicle), Crystal Palace are additionally lining up a bid for Chukwuemeka.
The report states that the Eagles are ‘prepared to spend large’ on the teenager, who’s eager to depart Stamford Bridge in the hunt for first-team soccer, with new supervisor Enzo Maresca seemingly preferring different choices.
