22-year-old to spend time in LA pursuing
music dreamPlayer will go back to Jets if he returns to footballJoe Champness is determined to prove a football pitch is not the only place where he is on-song. The Newcastle Jets winger and aspiring hip-hop artist has been granted indefinite leave to fulfil his musical ambitions in the United States.
Although Champness has a three-year deal with the A-League club, the 22-year-old will instead spend an extended period in Los Angeles. He had already missed the Jets’ pre-season for the 2019-20 campaign so he could meet with producers, after signing a distribution deal with industry label Creative Music Group last month.