The interest of Real Madridin addition to many other European clubs, for the young right-back Josh Acheampong (18 years old), Cobham’s last great gem, led Chelsea to make a drastic decision. The youth player, with a contract until 2026 after signing his first professional contract last June and “a considerable asset for the future”, would be removed from the discipline blue. A month ago, The Athletic advanced that “Chelsea’s sought-after teenage defender has been informed that he will not play in the club’s first team or reserve team until he signs a new contract”.
After two months in dry dock –He had not played since September 24 with the first team in the Carabao Cup against Barrow (5-0)–on November 29, Josh Acheampong once again enjoyed minutes with the Chelsea U21. The 18-year-old Englishman played the last 22 minutes of the match against Derby County, which ended with victory blue (2-6). This could only mean that the situation had finally been clarified..
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“With Josh (Acheamong) everything is very clear. We all love Josh, the club loves Josh, I love Josh and we are trying to reach an agreement. We are close, almost. “We’ll see”confirmed Enzo Maresca, Chelsea coach, in the press conference prior to the European duel against Astana. A match, corresponding to the fifth day of the group stage of the Conference League, for which the young right-back of the bluesas the Italian coach himself added, “He is in the squad and will probably play from the beginning”. This would be his first start with the first team and his third game with the ‘seniors’ after making his debut last year in the Premier League at the age of 17 and in the aforementioned League Cup match.
Chelsea, as reported weeks ago The Telegraphhe was confident that he could reach an agreement with the player and not lose one of his greatest assets in the quarry. The aforementioned interest from the white team, in order to reinforce the right-back, was joined by those from Liverpool (a major cause of the contractual conflict between club and youth player), Newcastle, Tottenham, Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund. Likewise, Joshua Acheampong himself, blue from the Under 8 category, he stated that he was “very close to the club.” Good news for Chelsea and, above all, Enzo Maresca, who needed assets in defense after injuries to Reece James and Wesley Fofana.
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