Everton and Liverpool battling to sign African star

According to reports, Nigerian defender Shehu Abdulllahi is being linked with a move to Everton and Liverpool.

The 24-year-old is currently on the books of Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta. Abdullahi is expected to play a big role for the Nigerian national team at the 2018 World Cup and he has blossomed into one of the finest place in the Cypriot League.

He will surely be fancying the opportunity to move up a step and ply his trade in the Premier League among the World’s best players.

He is also comfortable playing as either a defensive midfielder or fullback and he is under the same management team that brokered the transfer of his national team-mate Henry Onyekuru to Everton during the summer.

“Yes we have offers from Spain, France, Italy and Merseyside clubs in England,” a top source of Mitem Sports Sprl, the player’s representative was quoted as saying by 90minutesgoal.com on Monday.

“We will study which offer is best for our client, since he will be a free agent after the World Cup the source concluded.”

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