Comfortable at left-back and left wing-back, Emeka Adiele is a quick, dynamic player who again shows his versatility by performing both in defence and attacking positions.

Scholarship terms were penned ahead of the 2023/24 season for a player who contributed heavily with his assists and goals in 2022/23 for the U16s. His first professional contract would follow on his seventeenth birthday ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.

Adiele made his Premier League 2 debut in a 2-0 win over Norwich City in April 2024. Transitioning to the U21s set up at Rush Green Training Ground in his second year as a scholar, Adiele opened his account for the 2024/25 season with a goal on the opening day as the U21s ran out 2-0 winners at Brighton & Hove Albion. Mark Robson's kicsktarted the season with five consecutive league wins, the last of which was a 3-2 victory over Chelsea where Adiele scored a first-half brace. In the same season for the U18s, Adiele started in every knockout round for Lauris Coggin's side as they became Premier League Cup champions for the first time.

Adiele also has international experience having represented England's Young Lions at U17s and U18s level.