Spanish Laliga side Leganes now have three Nigerians on their books after beating their rivals to the signing of Nigeria U20 star Success Makanjuola, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.
Scouts from the Laliga side have been monitoring his performance at the ongoing Africa Games where Nigeria are through to the final and after yesterday’s game they official approached his team and an agreement was reached.
Makanjuola will have his medical in Morocco with the club set to announce his signing later today to swell the number of Nigerians at the club to three with the duo of Kenneth Omeruo and Chidozie Awaziem completing the list.
The Water FC starlet has so far impressed for Nigeria at the Africa Games following up his performance at the U20 World Youth Championship in Poland where he stood out for the Nigerian team that crashed out at the round of 16.
A five year deal that will see the former Nigeria U17 player start from the B team of the club before making the step up to the first team will be made official in the coming hours.
