Musa rejects move to Turkish Champions

Ahmed Musa has reportedly rejected a chance to join Istanbul Basaksehir.

According to African Football HQ as reported by Goal.com, the Nigeria international turned down an opportunity to join the Turkish Super Lig champions.

Musa is contracted to Saudi Arabian club side Al-Nassr who he joined from English Premier League club Leicester City two years ago. He still has two years left on his current deal.

The 27-year-old scored four goals in 29 appearances across all competitions last season, helping Al-Nassr to a second place finish in the league and victory in the Sauidi Super Cup.

Basaksehir were crowned Turkish Super Lig champions for the very first time last season, ending four points clear of second-placed Trabzonspor.

As a result, they will compete in the UEFA Champions League this season and have been drawn in a group alongside Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig.

Musa has scored 15 goals in 87 appearances for the Super Eagles.

bia Warriors Promotes 18-year-Old Youth Team Goalkeeper

Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia has given one of her Youth team goalkeeper Chibueze Lambert  his first professional contract, the club Sporting Director, Patrick Ngwaogu, confirmed.

Abia Warriors posted the update on the club website, revealing that the 18-year-old had put pen on paper for his first professional deal for the Umuahia warlords. 

The news came as an excitement to followers of the Club’s Youth team, who have always tip the youngster for greatness.

The youngster had commanded regular shirt  for the Abia Warriors Team B in majority of the matches they played. 

Speaking to the Abia Warriors website, Lambert admitted that things are going well for him this year, and he is in the league to learn, and  making good use of every single opportunity given to him in the league.

“It was a good and exciting experience with the club’s Team B and I promise to justify my promotion and Signing of my first professional contract with Abia Warriors. I am prepared to give a healthy competition to other well experienced goalkeepers in the team, and also learn from them.

“ My personal goal is to carve a niche for myself in the Nigeria Professional Football League and am most grateful to the club management for believing in my ability. I am more excited with the quality of goalkeepers in the team, and the coaches. These are people that can make the development of a young player faster”.

Reacting to the promotion of the young goalkeeper, the club’s Sporting Director,  Patrick Ngwaogu, said.

Lambert has shown lots of top level qualities during his time with the Youth Team  and that’s the reason he ranks among the five youth players registered for the new season by the hierarchy of the club.

“Austin Njoku, a right full back was also given a professional contract after he impressed with Abia Warriors Youth Team”

Also, Dennis  Kingsley who was snapped from Odion Ighalo Academy Lagos, Kabiru Mohammed (from Moses Simon Academy, Kaduna, and Mustapha Jibreen (from Mighty Jet) make up the youthful side for coach Imama Amapakabo’s new look Abia Warriors”

“In all, we signed a total of nine (9) new players, exactly the same number of players we didn’t renew their contracts”, the Sporting Director concluded. 

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