10 New Premier League African Players You Need To Know About
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10 New Premier League African Players You Need To Know About

9.Chancel Mbemba (Newcastle)
Chancel Mbemba of Newcastle in action during the Barclays Premier League 2015 match between Sunderland AFC and Newcastle United FC at the Stadium of Light © Getty Images

The former Anderlecht player made a transfer to Newcastle in July and was signed for £8m. He’s got a five-year contract with the club, which should see him playing for the Magpies until 2020.

Chancel Mbemba has continued to impress in his performance thus far for Newcastle. It’s just a pity they couldn’t spell his name right:

He was recently named best performing under-21 centre-back by the CIES Football Observatory.

Mbemba has been capped a grand total of 17 times for the Democratic Republic of Congo senior team.

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