Chelsea announce new contract for player with deep roots at the football club
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Chelsea have officially announced a new contract for academy player Landon Emenalo, who has deep roots at this football club.
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He is the son of former Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo, and also has a brother called Sebastien who was playing in the Blues academy too.
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Seb began as a goalkeeper in Chelsea’s academy before switching sports. He progressed through the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia, and is now a freshman guard at Loyola University Maryland in the United States.
Chelsea have now announced a new contract for Landon, who looks to be moving on with his footballing career and ambitions to make it big in the game.
Official announcement
Landon Emenalo signs his Chelsea contract. (Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)
Chelsea posted on their website yesterday afternoon:
‘Chelsea Football Club is pleased to announce that Academy defender Landon Emenalo has signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until at least 2031.
‘The 18-year-old has also been involved with the men’s first team, appearing on the bench for last season’s UEFA Conference League fixture against Legia Warsaw and the Premier League trip to Liverpool, as well as the UEFA Champions League win over Pafos in the current campaign.
‘In international football, Emenalo has previously represented the USA at youth level and, more recently, England’s Under-18s team.’
In other news this week
Saturday was a good day for Chelsea left backs – Jorrel Hato had a good game and Marc Cucurella returned from his hamstring injury to help Chelsea beat Wrexham 4-2 in the FA Cup after extra time.
Hato might be needed for another important game this week – it all depends on what the physios say about Marc Cucurella.
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