Transfer News: Chancel Mbemba Risks Leaving FC Porto Over Age Suspicions

FC Porto defender Chancel Mbemba
FC Porto defender Chancel Mbemba
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FC Porto defender Chancel Mbemba will not be given a new contract by FC Porto as he has lied about his age for his entire career.

Reports claim that Porto suspect the Defender is 33 years and not 27, six years older than his registered age.

The centre-back, who played over 50 times for Newcastle between 2015 and 2018, was previously believed to be 27 years with some believing he was born in 1990, which makes him 31.

Mbemba's age has been questioned for many years after a 2013 investigation revealed four different birth dates were brought up throughout his career.

The debate over his age was temporarily quashed when he took bone tests upon signing for Newcastle which claimed he was born in 1994, the year he maintained he was born in.

However, the new reported evidence has raised even more speculation about his age, with Porto now reportedly unwilling to extend his current contract beyond the summer due to this information.

The defender reportedly changed his age while he was completing a move from Congo to Belgian side Anderlecht in 2012.

During the 2013 investigation, a member of the Congolese Football Federation revealed that Mbemba's birth year was changed to 1991 as it enabled him to play in the 2012 Olympic Games.

The report forced Mbemba to take physical tests to prove his age which proved he would be 27-years-old now.

“I got bone tests done and, as me and my friends all know, the results prove what my age is,' Mbemba told the Mirror in 2015.

 “I just go out and play football, no misinformation. A lot has been said about my birthdate and the different ages. I proved exactly what the truth is.

“People in Africa know me and my family, friends and anyone who knows Chancel Mbemba knows I was born on August 8, 1994. That is all that matters.

“Sometimes in Africa when people see someone doing well, they try to bring them down or harm their career.

“I am not that kind of person, I have my friends and family and I don't have any harmful thoughts in my heart or in my head. All that should matter to people is what I do on the pitch,” Mbemba stated earlier.

Mbemba moved to Porto in July 2018 and has played over 100 times for the Portuguese side.