Lampard’s Coventry and Kieran’s Ipswich to battle for Kano-born midfielder

Two English sides, Coventry City and Ipswich Town are reportedly set to lock horns for the signature of promising Nigerian midfielder, Abubakar Ghali, 9JaUpDate247 reports.

The Kano-born left midfielder is currently donning the colours of Czech first-division club, Slovan Liberec, having scored two goals and provided four assists for the club.

Per AfricaFoot, the 24-year-old has piqued the interest of Frank Lampard and McKenna Kieran-led side, who are set to battle with Italian side, AC Monza for the signature of the player.

Frank Lampard
Norwich City v Coventry City Sky Bet Championship Coventry City Manager Frank Lampard during the Sky Bet Championship match [Photo credit/ X]

Further reports suggest that the Championship side, Coventry, and Premier League side, Ipswich, will consider recruiting him. Meanwhile, having attracted the attention of Monza, they are keeping a close watch on the player, per reports.

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The current January window only opened some days ago, and it could be a good time for him to bid farewell to his Czech club only if anything becomes official in the next few days.

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Earlier, the former Flying Eagles player joined the former club side of Super Eagles’ Samuel Kalu and Moses Simon from MFM FC for an undisclosed fee for a year, then later moved to Slovan Liberec.

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Ghali Ahmad Abubakar
Ghali Ahmad Abubakar [Photo credit/ X]

Ghali was a provisional member of the Nigeria team in the last FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland, before he was dropped a few days before the start of the tournament.

The youngster, who was given a second chance at the 12th All Africa Games in August, in Morocco, proved to be the star player of the team, as the Flying Eagles finished in second place.