Aston Villa confirm squad number for Anglo-Nigerian midfielder

By way of their official web site, Aston Villa have confirmed their squad numbers forward of the beginning of the 2022-2023 English Premier League season.

Carney Chukwuemeka ended a six-year affiliation with Aston Villa on Thursday after finishing his transfer to Chelsea.

Chukwuemeka’s quantity 33 package has not been assigned to any Aston Villa participant as of now.

His England U19 teammate of Nigerian descent Tim Iroegbunam continues to be a participant of Aston Villa in the intervening time amid hypothesis linking him with a brief departure from Villa Park earlier than the summer time switch window closes for enterprise.

Iroegbunam will put on the quantity 47 jersey for the brand new season, simply as he wore throughout the 2021-2022 marketing campaign.

The 19-year-old was referred to as up for twenty-two Premier League video games final time period and was given minutes towards Brighton & Hove, Leicester Metropolis and Norwich Metropolis.

Iroegbunam performed thrice for Aston Villa in pre-season, making appearances off the bench towards Brisbane Roar, Manchester United and Rennes.

Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa face Dominic Solanke’s Bournemouth of their first sport of the season this weekend.