With the summer transfer window set to close tomorrow, as many as six Nigerian players will be hoping for a quick completion of their move away from their present teams, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Top of the lost is Alex Iwobi who has a year to run on his deal at English Premier League side Everton and isn’t willing to sign an extension. Fellow Premier League side Fulham have made advances towards him, Iwobi is keen on the move largely because of the manager Marco Silva, the man who signed him while at the helm at Everton four years ago.
The situation of Iwobi isn’t different from the duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho at English Championship side Leicester City, they both have a year to go on their respective deals at the relegated Premier League side.
Iheanacho has been linked with a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers is also on the wishlist of Nottingham Forest, he hasn’t taken up the option of an extension of his deal offered by Leicester City with his sights fixed on a return to an English Premier League side before the close of the window.
Ndidi has already informed the club that he wants to leave and for now an offer is said to be on the cards with Nottingham Forest the most advanced, despite reports of interest from Bayern Munich and Liverpool.
At Southampton, the Nigeria international duo of Paul Onuachu and Joe Aribo are both not having the best of time in the championship with Southampton following relegation last season. But while Aribo is said to be relaxed over his situation, the same can’t be said about Onuachu.
He agreed a move back to his former side Genk but the decision of Ghanaian winger Joseph Paintsil to not be involved in the swap deal with Southampton made the move to collapse. Onuachu is desperate for a solution before the window slam shut tomorrow after being frozen out at Southampton.
Emmanuel Dennis is also facing the same situation at Nottingham Forest and recent reports suggest that his hope of ending the frustration of not getting a look in will likely materialise with a move to Udinese. Other teams are also looking at his situation with the hope of getting a solution before the close of the transfer window.
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