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Transfer update: Aston Villa’s Chukwuemeka becomes third Nigerian to join Crawley Town summer window

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Transfer update: Aston Villa’s Chukwuemeka becomes third Nigerian to join Crawley Town summer window

League Two membership Crawley City accomplished the signing of Aston Villa midfielder Caleb Chukwuemeka on deadline day.

Aston Villa have loaned out the gifted Anglo-Nigerian striker to the Purple Devils and the mortgage deal comes with an obligation to purchase him outright.

Caleb Chukwuemeka is the third Nigeria-eligible participant signed by Crawley City in the summertime switch window, following within the footsteps of Hale Finish Academy graduates Tobi Omole and Mazeed Ogungbo.

Chukwuemeka is aware of the Soccer League to an extent as he performed 22 video games within the League One for Northampton City however solely two as a starter and the remainder off the bench as an alternative.

The 20-year-old spent the second half of final season at Scottish Premiership outfit Livingston, the place he made eight appearances within the topflight and performed a recreation within the Scottish Cup.

He has made one look for Aston Villa’s first staff and it got here in a Carabao Cup match in opposition to Barrow, coming off the bench to exchange his youthful brother Carney with seventeen minutes left.

Chukwuemeka was named Premier League 2 Participant of the Month for September 2021.