{"id":2647,"date":"2023-07-29T05:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/29\/read_news-phpnid48189\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T05:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:10:40","slug":"read_news-phpnid48189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/29\/read_news-phpnid48189\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Chelsea-owned Strasbourg sign Super Eagles-eligible striker\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\/88266EE.png\" height=\"187\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Confirmed: Chelsea-owned Strasbourg sign Super Eagles-eligible striker\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through official channels, Strasbourg have confirmed the signing of Super Eagles-eligible striker Emanuel Emegha from SK Strum Graz in Austria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month,\u00a0Chelsea kickstarted their multi-club project by buying a majority stake\u00a0in Strasbourg for a fee\u00a0of \u00a365 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emegha, who is also eligible to represent the Netherlands and Togo at international level, has put pen to paper on a five-year contract with Strasbourg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old was a key player in the Sturm Graz side that won the Austrian Cup in 2022-2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 36 competitive games for Sturm Graz following his move from Royal Antwerp, he scored ten goals and registered five assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to French sports daily <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/Emanuel-emegha-va-signer-a-strasbourg\/1409414\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;Equipe<\/a>, the Dutch-Nigerian-Togolese striker was also on the radar of Chelsea, and a player admired by Patrick Vieira.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emegha will now work with the Arsenal legend who was appointed as the new coach of Strasbourg around three weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A product of the Sparta Rotterdam academy, he played 39 games for the Dutch club before joining\u00a0Antwerp in January 2022.<\/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\/RCSA_English\/status\/1682842095030087682\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"n\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd1d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MercatoRCSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#MercatoRCSA<\/a> I \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc23\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20!<\/p>\n<p>Striker Emanuel Emegha (20 years old) has signed a five-year contract with RCSA \u270d\ufe0f <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UUzPhBIMS1\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UUzPhBIMS1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace English (@RCSA_English) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCSA_English\/status\/1682842095030087682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\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: rcstrasbourgalsace.fr<\/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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