Carney Chukwuemeka in a match with Aston Villa

A MEDIOCENTER OF 18 YEARS

Barça, very interested in one of the great 'jewels' of Aston Villa

Published New:12/07/2022 - 01:14h

Updated New:12/07/2022 - 01:14h

Carney Chukwuemeka is one of the English midfielders with the best projection of the moment. According to the newspaper 'SPORT', FC Barcelona is very interested in signing the 18-year-old player, whose transfer would be around 10 million euros

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The summer of 2022 promise to be very intense in the offices of the FC Barcelona. In addition to the stellar reinforcements for the first team, the managerial culé works also to concretise the arrival of reinforcements thinking to future. One of them is Carney Chukwuemeka, mediocentro of the Aston Villa whose agreement finalises in June of 2023 and, for the moment, has not cleared his renewal with the 'peasant'.

As it advances 'SPORT', the Barça is very interested in fichar to the player of 18 years and could present an offer in brief. If it does not renew agreement, his traspaso rondaría the 10 million euros, considering that his current value in Transfermarkt is of 6 'kilos'. Mateu Alemany And Jordi Cruyff have spoken with the agent of the of Eisenstadt in May and will look for to close his signing thinking, maybe, in alternating his presence in the first team with several parties in the filial.

In this sense, Chukwuemeka would be a reinforcement of luxury for a Barça Atlètic that needs to attain go out of the First RFEF this year. Rafa Márquez has replaced to Sergi Barjuán after a 2021-22 disappointing in where the culés remained outside of the 'playoff' of promotion, but needs reinforcements in a staff that already lost to Ferran Jutglá and other defensive referents in the market of summer.

In the 2021-22, Carney contested a total of 21 parties with the Villa, 12 of them in the Premier League, where added an assistance in 294 minutes. In total, his balance the past season was of 2 so many and 3 assistances in 969 minutes, showing an excellent level and personality like pivote. Besides, the midfield player has offensive vocation, projecting to the attack with assiduity without complexes.

Gerrard Expects to retain to Chukwuemeka

For Steven Gerrard, the ideal would be can renew to the player of 18 years and conserve him by, at least, a season more, but knows that the club does not have the economic power to guarantee his permanence. The projection of the mediocentro is fantastic and his value of market will follow going up, by which the negotiations with the ones of Villa Park will not be simple. In addition to the Barça, other clubs follow closely to Carney, varied of the Premier. The player will be one of the big stars of the next Euro Sub-21 that will contest in Georigia and Romania in 2023.