{"id":17516,"date":"2019-11-03T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17516"},"modified":"2019-11-03T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:25:52","slug":"arsenal-bournemouth-wolves-battling-to-sign-chelseas-nigerian-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/arsenal-bournemouth-wolves-battling-to-sign-chelseas-nigerian-goalkeeper","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal, Bournemouth, Wolves Battling To Sign Chelsea&#8217;s Nigerian Goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three Premier League clubs are battling to sign Chelsea&#8217;s Nigerian goalkeeper Prince Adegoke, can exclusively report.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have yet to decide on their new intake of Academy scholars for the 2020-2021 season but are expected to do so by the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>With uncertainty surrounding the future of Adegoke at Stamford Bridge, Arsenal, Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers are ready to swoop for the highly-rated young goalkeeper if he is not offered a scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it is understood that his priority is to remain at Chelsea beyond the end of the 2019-2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>Signed from Langley FC in April 2016, Adegoke first made the matchday squad for an U18 Premier League match against Arsenal at the age of fourteen but was a non-playing substitute.<\/p>\n<p>He is highly regarded by the youth team coaches at Chelsea and started in goal when the U16 team won the Premier League International Tournament on October 20.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow goalkeeper Kelechi Chibueze, right-back Derrick Abu and winger Adrian Akande are the other players of Nigerian descent eligible to sign scholarship forms at Chelsea ahead of next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Premier League clubs are battling to sign Chelsea&#8217;s Nigerian goalkeeper Prince Adegoke, can exclusively report. Chelsea have yet to decide on their new intake of Academy scholars for the 2020-2021 season but are expected to do so by the end of November. 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