As many as four agents have sent letters to Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg claiming ownership of Nigeria U17 captain Samson Tijani who has agreed a deal in principle to join the team when he clocks 18.
Owngoalnigeria.com exclusively gathered that the club is studying the claims by the various agents with one agent having documents signed by the parents of the boy handing him parental consent to represent the boy till he turns 18.
The club will in the coming days invite the party that they reached an agreement with over the signing of the lad as they are aware of the controversy surrounding his ownership even before they agreed the deal but were told it has been resolved.
A highly placed board member of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) is reportedly responsible for the impasse due to the bias nature which he has handled the issue with many suggesting that he is leaning towards a particular party for financial gains from the deal.
It’s not the first time that Red Bull Salzburg have been involved with Nigerian players but ended up not signing the player due to multiple ownership tussle as it happened with a player of the Nigeria U17 team of 2013.
