{"id":4452,"date":"2023-11-21T23:57:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/11\/21\/read_news-phpnid49538\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T23:57:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:57:11","slug":"read_news-phpnid49538","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/11\/21\/read_news-phpnid49538\/","title":{"rendered":"Midfielder with exceptional technical skills signs new deal with Chelsea\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/13076KD.png\" height=\"188\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Midfielder with exceptional technical skills signs new deal with Chelsea\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>England underage international\u00a0Kiano Dyer has taken to social media to announce that he has signed a new deal with Premier League giants Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per Premier League rules, all players in their U17 year are required to start the season on a scholarship agreement, before they are permitted to sign a first professional football contract on or after their 17th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dyer, who is celebrating his 17th birthday today, November 21, has confirmed that he has signed his first professional contract at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The talented teenager began the 2023-2024 season as a first-year scholar, along with left-sided central defender of Nigerian descent Saheed Olagunju and six other youngsters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pleased to have signed my first pro contract,proud moment for me and my family,&#8221; Dyer wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cz6whLOLqLn\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dyer has been described by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/kiano-dyer\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea&#8217;s official website<\/a> as &#8216;a bright and intelligent footballer who demonstrates versatility across various positions in midfield, as well as exceptional technical skills&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was seemingly in contention to be named in England&#8217;s squad for the ongoing Fifa U17 World Cup but an injury dashed his hopes of representing the Young Lions in Indonesia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dyer totaled seven appearances for Chelsea&#8217;s development squad and played in four games in the UEFA Youth League before turning pro, which is a testament to his ability.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has cited\u00a0Xavi and Iniesta as his role models and has played nonstop at Chelsea since the end of his U14 season after he was poached from West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Igho Kingsley<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: chelseafc.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/read_news.php?nid=49538\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England underage international\u00a0Kiano Dyer has taken to social media to announce that he has signed a new deal with Premier League giants Chelsea.\u00a0 \u00a0 As per Premier League rules, all players in their U17 year are required to start the season on a scholarship agreement, before they are permitted to sign a first professional football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}