Nigeria striker and 2013 AFCON winner Brown Ideye has joined nine-time Nigerian champions, Enyimba, till the top of the 2024/25 season, PUNCH On-line stories.
Sporting Director of the Aba giants and ex-international, Ifeanyi Ekwueme, confirmed this to our correspondent on Tuesday.
“Sure, the talks have been happening for some time and we accomplished it yesterday,” Ekwueme instructed PUNCH On-line.
“He will probably be with us till the top of the season and we imagine he’ll bolster our workforce’s assault as we compete within the league and the continent.”
Ideye, 36, has been with no membership since leaving Kuwaiti facet Al Yarmouk in 2022 however he’s now set to stage a return to Nigeria’s high flight, taking after former worldwide teammates Ahmed Musa and Abdullahi Shehu who’re at present enjoying for Kano Pillars.
The transfer will even mark the return of Ideye to the home scene 17 years after he left Ocean Boys in 2006.
Ideye was on the verge of becoming a member of former league champions Rivers United in October however the transfer collapsed.
Enyimba have two matches essential to their home and continental aspirations within the subsequent 5 days as they play Sunshine Stars on Wednesday in a rescheduled NPFL recreation earlier than travelling to Maputo, Mozambique for his or her third group recreation within the CAF Confederation Cup towards Black Bulls.
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