USA Defender Oguchi Onyewu In Talks With Chelsea
English Premiership Club Chelsea admitted they interest to Standard Liege and USA national team defender Oguchi Onyewu. Two million pounds is being speculated for the prospective January transfer. “There is truth in regard to Chelsea (wanting Onyewu),†his agent Will Sherling said.
Onyewu previously reject the offer from Spanish Giant Club Real Madrid because he is not in the regular list of player.
“When Madrid made a bid for him, it was not necessarily with him coming as a first-choice defender,†Sherling said. “I don’t know if that’s the case with Chelsea. The best club for him is one that will develop his profile as a player. He doesn’t need to get tangled up in which club is bigger than the next.â€
English Premiership club Middlesbrough and Fulham also the other club that previously rejected by Onyewu. “The best club for him is one that will develop his profile as a player,” Sherling said. “He doesn’t need to get tangled up in which club is bigger than the next.”
Oguchi Onyewu scored one goal in 17 international appearances for the United States and played in all three U.S. World Cup games last year. Onyewu also choosen as the US Soccer athlete of 2006.
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