Northampton Town of England youngster, Caleb Chukwuemeka is attracting summer transfer attention from Aston Villa, who are now keen on upstaging Tottenham Hotspur for the lad’s signature.
Megasportsarena.com reports that, although Spurs had earlier been in the news about a move for Carney Chukwuemeka’s younger brother, the latest report out of Queensland indicates that Villa Park could jolly well be his next port of call.
This is sequel to confirmation that the Birmingham-based side are desperate to beat Tottenham to the Northampton lad’s signature in the coming days and a report by Football Insider disclosed that The Villans are on the verge of hijacking Spurs’ bid to sign the 19-year-old attacker.
A report by allnigeriasoccer.com adds: “The sale of Jack Grealish to Manchester City has added funds to Aston Villa’s transfer kitty, with the Premier League champions splashing close to 100m pounds to sign the England star.
“Tottenham Hotspur were previously in pole position to sign Chukwuemeka and were prepared to include another Nigeria-eligible teenager Kion Etete as makeweight in the proposed deal taking the Northampton Town starlet to north London.
“While Etete has completed a loan move to the Cobblers, Spurs and Villa are battling it out for the services of Chukwuemeka.
“Caleb could follow the pathway of his sibling Carney Chukwuemeka who was at the Northampton Town academy before he was snapped up by Aston Villa in 2016.
“Since making his senior debut for the Cobblers, Caleb Chukwuemeka has scored two goals in 28 appearances and has an assist to his name.”
