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Aston Villa sensation Carney Chukwuemeka is holding out for a new contract worth £100,000-a-week.
It is a figure normally reserved for established Premier League stars, not a teenager with only two Premier League starts and just 16 first-team appearances.
The 18-year-old’s extraordinary demands can be revealed after he snubbed Villa’s latest contract offer and was left out of the squad for their pre-season Australia tour.
Chukwuemeka is attracting the interest of Europe’s elite – Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain are the latest clubs to be linked – now he has entered the last year of his current deal.
Chukwuemeka is in a strong negotiating position as he could quit for a move abroad next year for a development fee of just £300,000.
That would mean Villa missing out on a hefty payday for the youngster, who won the European Championships with England’s Under-19s recently and was named in Uefa’s team of the tournament.
The Midlands giants value Chukwuemeka at the £20million mark but could be forced to accept a cut-price offer from an English club to avoid him heading overseas next year for a six-figure sum.
He has rejected the club’s contract overtures so far and the stand-off now extends to more than six months.
Villa reacted by omitting Chukwuemeka from their pre-season tour after granting him extra time off following his England heroics.
Manager Steven Gerrard did select both Tim Iroegbunam , who starred alongside the contract rebel for England Under-19s.
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