Chelsea in advanced talks to sign son of Arsenal cult hero

Chelsea are closing successful connected the signing of Watford starlet Mathis Eboue, the lad of erstwhile Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue.

The Blues person placed a greater accent connected capturing young endowment from the English marketplace successful caller years and Eboue is the latest sanction to look connected the club’s radar.

Aged conscionable 15, Eboue, has been turning retired for higher property groups astatine Watford, including the Hornets’ Under-21 side, and his performances person enactment apical teams successful the Premier League connected alert.

Eboue has besides caught the oculus connected the planetary signifier and scored the winning extremity successful England’s caller triumph implicit France to unafraid past month’s Under-16 Challenge Trophy successful Spain.

According to the Mail Online, talks betwixt Chelsea and Watford are rumbling connected implicit a suitable compensation interest for promising attacker who was calved successful 2009.

It’s claimed the teenager’s power to Stamford Bridge volition lone beryllium done erstwhile authorities are satisfied that the determination aligns with the Premier League’s five-step process, which prevents clubs from breaching younker improvement rules.

The study adds that the probe could instrumentality arsenic agelong arsenic 3 weeks.

The westbound London giants are acquainted with the process having captured young prospects Zak Sturge and Shim Mheuka from the academy of Premier League rivals Brighton.

Brighton were unsatisfied with Chelsea’s proposals successful some cases, meaning tribunals were indispensable – which saw the Blues wage retired £900,000 – rising to £3.4million – for Sturge and £1m – rising to £4.25m for Mheuka.

The size of the interest that Watford are demanding for Eboue remains uncertain astatine this signifier successful discussions.

Eboue’s father, Emmanuel, is good known to fans of the Premier League having played implicit 200 games for Arsenal betwixt 2004 and 2011.

The right-back was portion of Arsene Wenger’s broadside that mislaid to Barcelona successful the 2006 Champions League last and doubly picked up a runners-up medal successful the League Cup.

The Ivorian went connected to articulation Sunderland – pursuing a four-year spell with Galatasaray – but failed to marque a azygous quality for the Black Cats aft being slapped with a one-year prohibition for failing to wage a erstwhile agent.

Since retiring from the game, Eboue has been unfastened astir his ongoing struggles with depression, hoping his communicative helps others battling akin intelligence wellness issues.

‘Sometimes I would fastener myself successful my country for 3 oregon 4 days. Just reasoning and asking “What’s left?”,’ the ex-Arsenal and Ivory Coast defender told French outlet RMC Sport successful 2019.

‘Even today, I inactive instrumentality antidepressants to assistance maine due to the fact that it is inactive a agelong roadworthy for me. But present I americium hoping others would larn from this.’

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