Thursday, March 28, 2024

Chelsea sign Amelia

Chelsea have completed the signing of former AC Milan goalkeeper Marco Amelia, according to the Mirror.

Blues manager Jose Mourinho has drafted in the Italy international as he looks to provide competition for current number two Asmir Begovic.

The former Stoke City shot-stopper has played eight times in the absence of Thibaut Courtois, who is set to be out until December with a knee injury.

Amelia has spent his entire career in his native Italy until now, racking up over three hundred club appearances across spells with Roma, Livorno, Lecce, Parma, Palermo, Genoa, Milan and Perugia.

He has been capped nine times for his country and was part of Italy’s 2006 World Cup winning squad though he didn’t play.

Chelsea currently sit in sixteenth place in the Premier League, ten points behind leaders Manchester City.

The face fellow strugglers Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge a week on Saturday, and can be backed at 1/3 to win.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Deke Hardman


Freelance football writer with a love of the game that goes back to the mid nineties when both his beloved Nottingham Forest and England had genuine hope of acheiving some level of success. A regular contributor to both SoccerNews.com and FreeBetting.com, Deke also dabbles in music journalism with his heart and head still stuck in the latter years of the twentieth century.

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