ANDREW EKEJIUBA
Nigeria international, Eddy Onazi, could be returning to the Italian Serie A four years after he ended his affiliation with Lazio.
According to various reports in the Italian media, Serie A new boys, Crotone are working on a deal to sign Onazi and have been in contact with his camp since July.
There is talk of an imminent agreement between Onazi and Crotone, who were promoted to the Italian top-flight last term after finishing second in the Serie B.
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations-winning midfielder is on the lookout for a new club after terminating his contract with Denizlispor last month due to unpaid wages.
Before joining Denizlispor in January 2020, Onazi wore the colours of Trabzonspor for three and a half seasons.
The 27-year-old made 110 appearances for Lazio, scoring 7 goals spread across four seasons and represented the club in the Europa League and Champions League qualifying rounds.
Meanwhile, Nigerian striker, Anichebe, has expressed his willingness to return to England to play after staying on the sidelines for a very long time.
Most of the player’s former colleagues expressed their concerns for him because of his many injuries during his years and has been inactive on the pitch.
He had injuries almost every season that hindered him from reaching his full potential given the fact that he was a very talented young player.
Other players thought that Anichebe was just unlucky because of how frequently he sustained injuries and how he could no longer play.
He was a promising and resilient player but his term was cut short. He recorded 18 goals after playing with Everton for seven years straight from the club’s academy.
Anichebe after he left Everton, he went to China where he joined the Chinese League but later announced that his own club in Beijing urged him to only fix matches and not to make an effort.
As a very talented player, he could not wait for matches to go bad before he fixed them, he wanted to play to his full capacity and since the club could not have him play like that, he left.
The Nigerian was delivered by Sunderland the previous summer and joined the Chinese second-level outfit in June; however, he left last October in light of concerns held with the orders confirmed.
Anichebe was later dropped mid-contract by the club and has been off the pitch since then.
He has expressed an interest in one day owning his own football club. Anichebe’s days as a free operator are now coming to an end as he is now in the limelight making arrangements to get back to playing by the end of the period in September after serious preparations.
His fans expect him to return to the pitch sooner than later.