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Enzo Maresca drops major Chelsea contract hint as club make huge decision
The latest on the future of Josh Acheampong with Enzo Maresca confirming on Wednesday morning that Chelsea are "close" to reaching an agreement with the 18-year-old

Enzo Maresca drops major Chelsea contract hint as club make huge decision
The latest on the future of Josh Acheampong with Enzo Maresca confirming on Wednesday morning that Chelsea are "close" to reaching an agreement with the 18-year-old

Acheampong will be part of the travelling Chelsea contingent that are making the 7000-mile round trip to Kazakhstan to face Astana in the fifth match of their UEFA Conference League league phase campaign. Maresca, speaking at his pre-match press conference, has now given fans an update on Acheampong, his involvement on Thursday and his contract situation.

"He is in the squad, yes, and is probably going to play from the start," Maresca said on Wednesday morning. "For Josh, it is quite clear: The club love Josh, I love Josh, and we are trying to find an agreement with the player. We are close, we are almost there, but we will see."

Acheampong is one of several academy stars that are set to make the mammoth trip to Kazakhstan with the rest of the Chelsea squad. Ahead of the match, Acheampong, as well as Kaiden Wilson, Harrison McMahon, Harrison Murray-Campbell, Tyrique George, Kiano Dyer, Samuel Rak-Sakyi, Ato Ampah, Max Merrick, Shim Mheuka and Richard Olise have all been included in the Chelsea squad on the UEFA website.

football.london understands the club always planned to give the opportunity to their younger generation if they found themselves in this strong position, like they do, this late into the newly-named and altered group stage. Maresca said: "Some of them [the first-team players] will be here [at Cobham] and some of them will fly with us.

"More or less, we try to manage in the same way we have done before today. We have many young players, 17 players with us, and the rest will be here with us."

Thursday´s match, that kicks off at 3:30pm GMT, will take place at the Almaty Ortalyk Stadium. Astana usually play their home matches at the Astana Arena but renovation work has seen the Kazakh club play their games elsewhere this term.

Negotiations ‘moving quickly’ to sign Chelsea player – Transfer desired as window opens, good move for all

Casadei has naturally been linked with an exit from Stamford Bridge in recent weeks and the likes of Genoa and Como have been mentioned as potential destinations.

The Serie A side Monza want cover in midfield due to an injury crisis and they want to sign Casadei on a dry loan deal by the 2nd of January. The feeling is that their negotiations with Chelsea are ‘moving quickly’ and talks have been ongoing on for several weeks now.

Monza want to sign the player on a six-month loan as soon as they can. Whether that plan actually goes through or not remains to be seen, but there is some progress being made.

After injuries to both Roberto Gagliardini and Matteo Pessina, Casadei could get regular game time at the Brianza club and return to Chelsea a better player for it.

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Chelsea are closing in on new deal for talent Josh Acheampong, almost done! 🔵🔐
Negotiations at final stages with details to be sorted… after Maresca said he won’t play until signs new deal.
Chelsea explained again how crucial is Josh in club’s long term view and the ageeement is now almost ok.

🔵🇧🇷 Chelsea’s future star Willian Estevão is now the YOUNGEST winner of “Best Player of the Year” Award by ESPN for the Brasileirão 2024.

🔵🇧🇷 Estevão: “Chelsea sign many players? ZERO problems. I go there to start healthy competition and get my place. That’s why Chelsea is the best choice”.

🔵🇧🇷 Willian Estêvão: “I’m very happy with my decision of going to Chelsea, I have zero regrets”.
“I’m sure that with my family and staff we made the right decision with the plans that they had”.
“When I arrive there I will try to work hard to earn my place”.

🔵🇸🇳 Nico Jackson: “I want to hear people say bad things about me! Criticise me on the pitch, it’s nice… it helps you, I love this you know”.
“I’ve not made it here yet, I’m just improving, making it is scoring every week, 20/30 goals or winning trophies”, told Premier League.
“The club loves Josh. I love Josh. We are almost there for new deal as he’s starting tomorrow”, Maresca says.

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50 G/A in Premier League since summer 2023. 🥶✨

Andrey Santos has had a superb season so far, producing 6 G/A in 13 matches, while also leading all of Ligue 1 in ´Tackles + Interceptions´. Chelsea signed Santos for €12.50m.