Official : Chelsea confirm younger brother of 2021 Super Eagles invitee has inked new deal

Published: September 17, 2021

Through their official website, European champions Chelsea announced this week that Nigeria-eligible fullback Richard Olise has signed a new contract with the club.

Allnigeriasoccer.com exclusively reported more than three months ago that Olise's scholarship deal will be automatically upgraded to a professional contract when he turns seventeen years old and the Blues have confirmed as much.

Richard is the younger brother of Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise, who was named on the reserve roster for the national team's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in March.

In his first words after putting pen to paper, Richard Olise said : "It means a lot, I have been at this club my whole life so it's a good achievement.

"I am a right back first of all, I like defending, I like getting forward as well, making runs in behind. "

Olise is hoping to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Mason Mount, Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Andreas Christensen, who rose through the academy ranks before earning promotion to the first team of Chelsea.

"I'm watching them doing what they do because they came from the academy like me, it is giving me hope."

This season, 2004-born defender Olise has gone the distance in all the games played by Chelsea in the U18 Premier League, helping them register four straight wins in the division.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : chelseafc.com

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