{"id":2620,"date":"2023-07-28T15:44:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/28\/read_news-phpnid48199\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:44:30","slug":"read_news-phpnid48199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/28\/read_news-phpnid48199\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambitious EFL club interested in signing Chelsea midfielder of Nigerian descent\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/83969Faustino.png\" height=\"213\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Ambitious EFL club interested in signing Chelsea midfielder of Nigerian descent\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ambitious EFL League One club Reading are reportedly interested in signing former England youth international of Nigerian descent Faustino Anjorin this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Mirror Sports Editor Darren Witcoop\u00a0has tweeted\u00a0that\u00a0Chelsea midfielder Tino Anjorin\u00a0is\u00a0to leave Stamford Bridge on a season\u2019s loan amid interest from EFL and clubs from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anjorin, who is on paper a first team player at Chelsea, appears not to be in the plans of new Blues boss\u00a0Mauricio Pochettino given that he was left out of the club&#8217;s pre-season tour to the United States and has been training with the so-called &#8216;loan army&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per the report, Chelsea prefer Anjorin to remain in England to play in the Championship rather than a foreign team, and the player is now mulling over his options.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has not played for Chelsea since he made the last of his five first team appearances against Barnsley in the fifth round of an Emirates FA Cup fixture back in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has been loaned out to Lokomotiv Moscow and Huddersfield Town in recent seasons but the moves did not exactly work out due to injury issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anjorin will compete for a spot in midfield with 2013 Golden Eaglets invitee Ovie Ejaria\u00a0if his switch to the\u00a0Select Car Leasing Stadium materializes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has two years left on his contract at Chelsea, whom he joined at U9 level.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenOWitcoop\/status\/1682654917889015808\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Chelsea academy midfielder Tino Anjorin to leave on a season\u2019s loan amid interest from EFL and clubs from abroad. Reading latest club to declare an interest. Chelsea prefer Anjorin remains in England, ideally in the Championship, but player still weighing up options <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/readingfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#readingfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Darren Witcoop (@DarrenOWitcoop) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenOWitcoop\/status\/1682654917889015808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit : chelseafc.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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