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Strasbourg skipper Emmanuel Emegha volition articulation Chelsea adjacent season, the 2 clubs owned by the aforesaid BlueCo consortium announced connected Friday.
No details were revealed of a transportation interest oregon the magnitude of declaration the Netherlands Under-21 striker volition motion astatine Stamford Bridge.
“Strasbourg gave maine the accidental to make and to get to the level that I americium today,” said Emegha, who has scored a full of 22 Ligue 1 goals crossed the past 2 seasons aft signing from Austrian broadside Sturm Graz.
The 22-year-old has scored 3 goals successful 3 games successful each competitions astatine the opening of this run for Liam Rosenior’s side.
“I conscionable privation to absorption 100 percent connected Strasbourg until the extremity of this play and past I volition leave.
“I had the opportunities to spell to different apical European clubs that play successful the Champions League. I spoke with Chelsea, with Strasbourg, with BlueCo, astir what would beryllium the champion for my career,” helium added.
“We thought the champion for my vocation would beryllium to enactment successful Strasbourg for 1 much year…and past spell to Chelsea.”
His determination volition beryllium the latest successful a agelong enactment of transactions betwixt the 2 clubs since BlueCo bought Strasbourg successful 2023 to make a multi-club model.
The consortium, led by American businessman Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, bought Chelsea a twelvemonth earlier.
Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea squad this play already includes Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos, who has returned to London aft impressing connected indebtedness astatine Strasbourg.
England left-back Ben Chilwell precocious made the determination successful the other direction.
The station Strasbourg striker Emegha to articulation Chelsea astatine extremity of season appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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