£87M striker going to Chelsea – Maresca confirms he wants winger – Chelsea announce another deal
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Chelsea are delighted to announce that Academy goalkeeper Katie Cox has signed her first professional contract with the club on a deal until the summer of 2026, plus the option of an extra year.
The club have also been signing up the younger stars like Fox that deserve to be given a chance at the club – and they have just announced that the goalkeeper has agreed a contract at the club – something she is very happy about.
The Blues posted on the club website: ‘The 18-year-old has been with the Blues since joining our Academy at only eight years old. She has enjoyed much success at youth level over the years, winning the FA Youth Cup in 2021/22 and the PGA Cup the following season.
‘In May of 2024, the young goalkeeper became the first-ever recipient of the Women’s Academy Player of the Year award.
‘On the international stage, Cox has represented England at Under-16s, Under-17s and Under-19s level. This summer, she started every match as the Young Lionesses reached the semi-finals of the U-19s European Championships in Lithuania.
‘Away from football, the teenager excels at basketball and has represented Great Britain in the sport at Under-18s level.
‘Everyone at Chelsea would like to congratulate Katie on signing her first professional contract, and we wish her every success during her time in blue.’
After committing her future CHELSEA, Cox said: ‘It’s an honour to sign my first professional contract with my childhood club.
‘I’m looking forward to working with and playing with some of the best staff and players in the world and I’m very excited to see what the future holds.’
OSIMHEN GOING TO CHELSEA?
One of Victor Osimhen’s former team-mates has hinted the striker has already chosen his next club amid talks that CHELSEA wants to complete the signing of the Napoli star by the close of the transfer window.
There is alot more transfer talk in the media that the club still wants to add a new striker to the side that has the ability to score goals on a weekly basis, and Osimhen is a plan that the Blues would love to add to the squad.
He has already put in a transfer request in order to force a move out of the club and Napoli are willing to allow the star to leave if the right amount of money is paid – with reports suggesting that £87 million will get the Nigerian star all signed up.
Now – One of Victor Osimhen’s former team-mates has hinted the striker has already chosen his next club as he continues to be linked with Premier League rivals Chelsea and Arsenal.
‘Osimhen to CHELSEA… Here we go!!!’ ex-Nigeria midfielder John Ogu posted on X.
Ogu has regularly posted messages of support for Osimhen on social media, recently saying: ‘Osimhen is trending and he’s trending for good. Anywhere you end up star boy, I will be rooting for you. I love you.’
MARESCA WANTS MADUEKE TO STAY –
CHELSEA boss Enzo Maresca has come out and revealed that he is keen to keep hold of Nono Madueke this summer.
The club have spent just under £1.2billion in two-years and are under investigation for potential financial breaches during Roman Abramovich’s reign, and While the Blues have a knack for selling players for money than they’re worth – Mason Mount’s £60m move to Manchester United for example – they will have to offload far more this summer.
And one name that has been tipped to leave the club by the SUN is Noni Madueke – a player that relatively impressed during his time under Mauricio Pochettino last season and a player that played on a regular basis.
However – Maresca has opened up and claimed that he would like to keep hold of the winger: ‘I really like Noni, the only problem with him is he has to understand he needs consistency during the week in every training session,’ Maresca said in his post-match press conference.
‘But he is a good player and he is doing well with us since we started.’
Asked if he wants the winger to stay, Maresca added: ‘Yes, absolutely. But the problem is, the reality is that until the transfer window is not open, anything can happen. But for sure, Noni is the type of player that I like.’
Asked if he has spoken to Madueke about rising competition for places in the team, Maresca added: ‘Yes, we have so many games at the end that if it’s not today it will be the next one, if it’s not the next one, it will be the other one.
‘We have so many games. The important thing is for Noni, I like him, he’s doing well since he started [training with us] the only thing he has to improve is to become consistent every day, every day, every day and work hard and then he will get minutes for sure.’
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