“doesn’t make any sense to join Chelsea as a 17-year-old.”
Germany youth international and Chelsea Football Club target Jann-Fiete Arp has said he chose to renew his contract at Hamburg rather than move abroad as it “doesn’t make any sense to join Chelsea as a 17-year-old.”
He scored two hat tricks and another goal for Germany in five matches at the European Under-21 Championship, which caught the attention of Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus.
Reports say Chelsea put an offer forth, However, In June, the 17-year-old committed his future to Hamburg when signing a contract through to 2019.
In an interview with Bild, Arp has explained his decision to stay with the Bundesliga club:
“It just doesn’t make any sense to join Chelsea as a 17-year-old,” Arp said. “You have achieved near to nothing, basically have no experience in professional football. The risk is too high. It would have been nonsense to move abroad and neglect everything else.”
“Football is a day-to-day business and it can be over any day,” Arp said. “But nobody can take away the Abitur [German A-levels] from you. On top of that, money must not play a role at my age.”
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