Oghenekaro Etebo set to join three-time Super League champions – report

The Nigeria worldwide is on his solution to Greece, the place he’ll play soccer for the rest of the season

English Championship facet Stoke Metropolis and Greece high division membership Aris Thessaloniki FC have agreed on phrases concerning the switch of Tremendous Eagles midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo.

The Nigerian midfield dynamo spent final 12 months on mortgage at Watford, however accidents diminished his impression for the Golden Boys. The previous Warri Wolves maestro solely appeared in 9 Premier League video games for the Hornets throughout a largely forgettable marketing campaign. 

Etebo stays surplus to requirement at Stoke Metropolis, although, and the previous Getafe man has been on the lookout for a transfer away from the Potters.

Succour seems to have lastly arrived from Greece, with Aris reportedly concerned about securing the providers of the 26-year-old.

The deal is anticipated to scale via as soon as Etebo agrees to private phrases with the Yellow Blacks, three-time Greece Championship winners.

Aris completed third within the Greek Tremendous League final season to guide their spot within the second qualifying spherical of the  Europa Convention League – the continent’s third-tier membership competitors.

However after edging Belarus’s Gomel in that spherical, the Greeks have been knocked out of the third qualifying spherical by Israeli opposition, Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Since leaving Nigeria in 2015, Etebo has performed in Portugal, Spain, England, and Turkey. This may, nevertheless, be the primary time he indicators for a Greek membership.