Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Dujuan ‘Whisper’ Richards, who will join the club at the start of next season after turning 18.
Kendry Paez and Christopher Nkunku have already been announced as summer acquisitions by the Blues and Richards joining from the Phoenix FC football academy makes it three.
The Jamaica international was handed his senior international debut earlier this year against Trinidad & Tobago. The 17-year-old has also now been selected by Jamaica for the upcoming Gold Cup. Richards made waves in Jamaica when he bagged 31 goals and registered 19 assists for Phoenix last season
His transfer to the Blues had already been confirmed earlier this year by Craig Butler, who runs the Phoenix FC football academy.
On Instagram, he wrote: "We are grateful to Chelsea Football Club and look forward to the continued relationship and partnership with our academy as we prepare Whisper for the Premier League," Butler wrote on Instagram.
"On a personal note, Chelsea FC was my boyhood dream club and I'm so pleased to have one of my players built in the furnaces of the Phoenix at Stamford Bridge.
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"Thank you to the staff at Chelsea, especially Joe Shields for believing me two years ago when I told him that I was building the top talent, Dujuan "Whisper" Richards."
Richards is on international duty with Jamaica at present, ahead of Sunday's game against the USA in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
