Nigeria international defender Abdullahi Bewene has signed a new deal with Czech Republic side Banik Ostrava, OwnGoalNigeria.com report.
Bewene who made a huge impression when he made his international debut with Nigeria in June in games against Poland and Portugal respectively extended his contract at the club to 2031.
The decision is coming at a time when he is expected to seal a move away, but sources say it will have no implications on a possible summer transfer with reports of interest in him from Belgium side Gent, and French Ligue 1 side Le Havre.
“Bewene is one of the players with whom we have recently recorded very interesting performance progress. In his case, we are also convinced that he has not yet reached his ceiling.
*He has the parameters for top-level football and by extending his contract, we are therefore ensuring continued cooperation with a player who has the potential to be very important for Baník in the coming seasons. I believe that with this long-term contract with a player who was in great demand on the market, we are showing our ambitions for the future,” said Luděk Mikloško, head of the sports department of FC Baník Ostrava.
“We discovered Bewe at the age of seventeen in the academy in Abuja and we are happy that he gradually worked his way up to the first team of Baník and the Nigerian national team. We greatly appreciate the trust that Baník placed in him years ago,” said the player’s agent Jakub Szkibik from CSC AGENCY.
