“I can tell you” – Dortmund sporting director shares update on signing Carney Chukwuemeka | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund Sporting Director Sebastian Kehl has revealed the club want to sign Carney Chukwuemeka with another loan seen as most likely.

Chukwuemeka joined Dortmund on loan in January, and was part of their squad for the Club World Cup, of which they were eliminated by Real Madrid on Saturday evening.

The 21-year-old appeared in four of Dortmund’s five games in America, all as a substitute and his future has yet to be resolved.

Dortmund want to sign Carney Chukwuemeka

Chelsea signed Chukwuemeka for £20m from Aston Villa in 2022, but his time at Stamford Bridge has been plagued by injury and he’s only made 32 appearances for the Blues.

The Englishman has a £40m release clause in his contact, and Chelsea’s preference remains to sell Chukwuemeka this summer.

It was clear Chukwuemeka wasn’t part of the plans under Enzo Maresca and he made just five appearances over the first half of the season.

Chukwuemeka faired better in Germany and made 17 appearances for the Bundesliga outfit, scoring once.

Chukwuemeka’s loan with Dortmund has now ended. (Photo by Pedro Salado/Getty Images)

Nico Kovac has revealed he’s fan of Chukwuemeka and Sporting Director Kehl has stated he wants to keep the former Villa man at the club.

“Carney’s loan ends today. That’s what we agreed with Chelsea. Now, let’s see. We will definitely have some more discussions in the next few days about his situation,” he told Ben Jacobs.

“I think it was a good move from Carney to join us. Now let’s see how we manage everything. It won’t be easy, but for sure we will try to keep him because he’s a very good player.

“This topic is something for the future, and right now I don’t know what will happen.

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“It’s always easier to loan a player than to buy one, especially within Carney’s [price] range. We are not that far advanced [with talks] at the moment, but I can tell you that we are pretty close to the player, and he loves Dortmund, so this is quite good.

“Everything else will be decided between Chelsea and us. That won’t be on Monday or Tuesday. I think it will take some more days.”

Chelsea set to move on a number of players

As many as ten players could leave Stamford Bridge this summer with Chelsea needing to move on a number of players who are surplus to requirements.

Kepa Arrizabalaga has already joined Arsenal, whilst Noni Madueke could follow him to North London with a deal advancing.

Axel Disasi, Renato Veiga, Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling and Armando Broja are all candidates to leave, and the Blues have a lot of work to do.