Portuguese Primeira Liga giants Porto have reportedly won the race to sign Nigeria’s Oghenekaro Etebo from their struggling rivals Feirense during the January transfer window.
The box-to-box midfielder, who has slipped down the pecking order at the Super Eagles since Wilfred Ndidi broke into the first team after making a £17m move from Genk to Leicester City last January, became one of the hottest properties in Europe after helping Nigeria win bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The 22-year-old was linked with a move to the likes of Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce and Leicester City during the summer transfer market, but Etebo remained at his small Portuguese club as Fogaceiros reportedly demanded a big transfer fee for the player they bought on the cheap from Warri Wolves last year.
Etebo in October penned a contract extension that will keep him at the 5,401-capacity Estádio Marcolino de Castro until 2019.
According to reports in the Portuguese media, Feirense also slapped a €10m release clause on the player’s head.
Radio e Televisao de Portugal reported on Sunday Primeira Liga leaders Porto had agreed a deal with Feirense for their Nigerian import to swap the small Estadio Marcolino de Castro for the 50,033-capacity Estadio do Dragao next month.
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