Napoli Make Contact Over Signing Chelsea's Box-To-Box Midfielder Of Nigerian Descent

Published: December 24, 2019

Serie A club Napoli are exploring ways to sign Chelsea starlet Faustino Anjorin in the January transfer window, according to various reports emanating from the Italian press including calcionapoli1926.it.

Napoli are in the market for a midfielder, with new coach Gennaro Gattuso preferring to line-up in a 4-3-3 formation and the Chelsea whizkid has been identified as a possible reinforcement.

Anjorin shares the same agent as Jeremie Boga, who is also attracting interest from Napoli ahead of the reopening of the transfer window and during one of the meetings, Napoli sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli was informed about the England U19 international.

The 2001-born box-to-box midfielder has been at Chelsea for over ten years, first joining their development center at U7 level before officially signing a contract at U9 level.

He made his first team debut for the Blues in a League Cup clash against Grimsby Town on September 25 this year, replacing Pedro in the 67th minute and became the youngest player of Nigerian descent to debut for Chelsea in a domestic competition aged 17 years, 10 months and 2 days.

Earlier this year, Anjorin was on the radar of Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and OGC Nice.

He won the FA Youth Cup, U18 Premier League and U18 Premier League Cup with Chelsea in the 2017-2018 season.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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