Chelsea announce new contract for player with deep roots at the football club

Chelsea have officially announced a new contract for academy player Landon Emenalo, who has deep roots at this football club.

Visit amunra.help for more information.

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.

EXCLUSIVE! Chelsea in for former Barcelona forward with two Brazil caps to his name!

DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE

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.

Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips’ SPTC podcast here:

Read full story at source

Providence Friars (14-17, 7-13 Big East) vs. Butler Bulldogs (16-15, 7-13 Big East)

Visit sportnewz.click for more information.

New York; Wednesday, 4 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Butler and Providence square off in the Big East Tournament.

The Bulldogs have gone 7-13 against Big East teams, with a 9-2 record in non-conference play. Butler is third in the Big East scoring 79.3 points while shooting 45.2% from the field.

The Friars are 7-13 against Big East teams. Providence is sixth in the Big East with 9.5 offensive rebounds per game led by Oswin Erhunmwunse averaging 3.1.

Butler averages 79.3 points per game, 4.8 fewer points than the 84.1 Providence allows. Providence averages 9.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.3 more made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Butler gives up.

The teams meet for the third time this season. Providence won 97-87 in the last matchup on Feb. 5. Jaylin Sellers led Providence with 36 points, and Finley Bizjack led Butler with 30 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Ajayi is averaging 16.3 points, 11.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Bulldogs. Bizjack is averaging 15.2 points over the last 10 games.

Sellers is averaging 18.1 points for the Friars. Stefan Vaaks is averaging 12.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bulldogs: 3-7, averaging 71.8 points, 32.1 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.0 points per game.

Friars: 5-5, averaging 78.8 points, 35.4 rebounds, 11.0 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.8 points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Read full story at source