{"id":2622,"date":"2023-07-28T17:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/28\/read_news-phpnid48191\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:23:15","slug":"read_news-phpnid48191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/28\/read_news-phpnid48191\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderlecht trying to hijack Barcelona&#8217;s move to sign Cobham product Mendel-Idowu:: 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\/42993TM.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Anderlecht trying to hijack Barcelona's move to sign Cobham product Mendel-Idowu\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anderlecht are making a late attempt to sign Chelsea&#8217;s Cobham product Tudor Mendel- Idowu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano the Belgian outfit are trying to hijack Barcelona&#8217;s move for the Flying Eagles-eligible who is a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mendel-Idowu has already agreed personal terms with Barcelona but could be heading to Belgium with the latest report.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are trying to recruit him to join their B side, Barcelona Atl\u00e8tic who ply their trade in the Spanish third division and have also promised to let him continue his education at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The English-born forward has been offered a professional contract by Chelsea but seems not to be ready to commit his long-term future to the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe right winger is blessed with good dribbling ability and was one of the best talents in the Chelsea academy last term.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHe featured mostly for the Blues&#8217; 18s in 2022-2023 but made his debut for the development side in their win over Peterborough in the Papa Johns Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mendel-Idowu&#8217;s maternal grandfather John Adeleye-Abai played for the Super Eagles which further establishes his affiliation with the West African country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1682840177289441281\" 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\">Excl: Anderlecht are now trying to hijack Barcelona move to sign former Chelsea talent Tudor Mendel \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udfe3 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a verbally agreed personal terms with Mendel to sign him as free agent for U21 team but Anderlecht making last minute attempt. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e7D6MuWwNi\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/e7D6MuWwNi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1682840177289441281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAbdulkareem Abdulhamid<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: chelseafc.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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