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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Chelsea have announced a pre-agreement to sign striker Emanuel Emegha from partner club Strasbourg in 2026.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old has decided to stay at the French Ligue 1 club – owned, like the Blues, by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital – for another season before moving to west London on a seven-year contract.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources say the Netherlands Under-21s international turned down interest from other Champions League and Premier League clubs to agree a move to Stamford Bridge earlier this year.<\/p>\n

His move is said to be one of the factors behind Chelsea deciding against signing a striker on transfer deadline day to replace the injured Liam Delap, who is now expected to be out for “10 to 12 weeks” according to manager Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n

Emegha is Strasbourg’s captain and leads them into their first European campaign since 2020 through the Conference League.<\/p>\n

He scored 23 goals in 57 league appearances and is one of the most important players at the club, which is led by English manager Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n

The move again highlights the close connection between Chelsea and Strasbourg after the French club was bought by new multi-club group BlueCo in 2023 for \u00a365m.<\/p>\n

Defender Ben Chilwell’s move to Strasbourg on transfer deadline day was the sixth between the clubs over the summer.<\/p>\n

Young prospects Mike Penders and Kendry Paez joined Chelsea this summer and moved to the Ligue 1 club on loan. Mamadou Sarr joined Chelsea in a permanent \u00a311.8m transfer from Strasbourg, before returning to the French club on loan following the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

In addition to the three loanees, Strasbourg signed Chelsea academy defender Ishe Samuels-Smith for \u00a36.5m and midfielder Mathis Amougou for about \u00a312m.<\/p>\n

However, it was announced on Tuesday that Samuels-Smith, 19, had rejoined Chelsea, a month after going to Strasbourg – but that he would immediately leave Stamford Bridge for a season-long loan at Championship side Swansea City.<\/p>\n

The reasons cited were a series of events impacting his development opportunities, including the addition of Chilwell and a contract renewal for defender Ismael Doukoure, who had previously been frozen out at Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

The \u00a36.5m was eventually refunded, with similarities in the case cited to when Tyler Dibling rejoined Southampton from Chelsea in 2022 because of “homesickness”.<\/p>\n

Fifa’s loan rules state a club cannot loan more than three players to the same club in a single season so only a permanent deal was possible for Chilwell. Chelsea used three of their six international loan spots with Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

However, there is no law to prevent Chelsea selling players to Strasbourg as long as the fee reflects fair market value.<\/p>\n

Last summer, Manchester City and Manchester United were allowed to take their places in European competitions despite multi-club ownership conflicts with Girona and Nice.<\/p>\n

That was after they agreed not to transfer players “permanently or on loan, either directly or indirectly from July 2024 to September 2025”.<\/p>\n

That arrangement has now ended following the closure of the window.<\/p>\n

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