Josh McEachran

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Chelsea's teenage midfielder Josh McEachran is a target for Hamburg now their former director of football Frank Arnesen has moved to the German club.

McEachran has not finalised terms on the contract he expected to sign on his 18th birthday in March.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Barcelona are also watching the situation.

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Source:- The Daily Mail

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We seriously better fucking sort this out!! I didn't expect to see an article like this

just read that on bbc gossip. No mission of us letting josh go

[chrismada9 1,948]

Josh said he wanted to stay at Chelsea for the rest of his career if I remember correctly anyway??

[Steve 10,227]

No chance this is going to happen. Why would it when he is the only youngster that gets the most chances out of the young kids and he is on the bench week in week out.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Chelsea are on course for a huge row with former sporting director Frank Arnesen over the future of teenage prodigy Josh McEachran.

They now face a fight to hang on to midfielder McEachran as Arnesen’s interest has alerted Europe’s top clubs to his potential availability amid the chaos at Stamford Bridge. It was announced that Arnesen was leaving his post at Chelsea in November and he agreed a deal to take up a similar role at German club Hamburg once his contract expired at the end of the season.

But just days after officially starting his new job as Hamburg’s director of sport, it has emerged Arnesen plans to take advantage of his former Chelsea contacts and intimate knowledge he gleaned at Stamford Bridge to target a move for McEachran.

Following the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea are without a manager and have not yet replaced Arnesen, making it difficult for the club to make big decisions on players.

McEachran, 18, has been hailed as one of the country’s brightest young stars and won Chelsea’s Young-Player-of-the-Year award after making 17 appearances for the first team this season.

But he has not been tied down to a long-term deal and Arnesen has effectively made that clear to clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona by telling German sources that the player is on his wanted list.

England youth star McEachran signed his first professional contract with Chelsea, worth about £6,000 a week, last summer. But that has only two years to run and, after his Premier League and Champions League debuts, it was decided that McEachran should be rewarded with a new deal including a substantial pay rise, tieing him to the club for the next five years.

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Source: The Express

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A real nasty parting gift from Arnesen

Edited May 27, 2011 by CJ Revo

[Jose M 140]

This thread should be Deleted, theres not even a 0.01% of Josh leaving.

[Jose M 140]

This thread should be Deleted, theres not even a 0.01% of Josh leaving.

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Why should we sell our future captain? I think there's more of a chance we'll sell Terry (which is never) than selling McEachran

[ack17 205]

It seems that Arnesen wants to bring all our youngsters to hamburg

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

I have absolutely no doubt Josh will be staying at Chelsea.

I know someone who speaks to him regularly and has told me he has been guaranteed more first team action next season.

[LondonPride1905 236]

Mate if you are not playing, that is great! :champions:

[Tomo 21,733]

He still has 2 years to run so we dont need to panic just yet.

However if this does happen we will be the laughing stock of English football and rightly so.

[eldo 868]

I'm sure that Arnesen wants a loan, nothing more.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Barcelona are also watching the situation.

Lmao.

[Feroze 487]

He isn't going anywhere!

[neel 257]

In his facebook page he said that he will never leave Chelsea. Although I don't know whether that profile is real or not

[LondonPride1905 236]

I think it is, if it is not OFFICIAL PFA Page, It is. He was the first to post Carlo's sacking, and the first to post about his department from the U21 squad, I think it is.

[Feroze 487]

I know the admin of that page... it's a random guy.. lol..

[EskWeston 696]

What garbage. Josh is not going anywhere.

[zolayes 14,489]

It seems that Arnesen wants to bring all our youngsters to hamburg

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when Frank left he obviously had to sign a confidentialy clause ...The could be his way of criticising us for not using young players.

Make sure you let others know as well ..A nice little piece of revenge.