Top Tunisian club Esperance have signed
Dolphins star striker Emem Eduok on a
contract for three and a half years,
AfricanFootball.com reports.

The player who was away from the Super
Eagles camp as a result of the deal
negotiations has since joined the squad
in Abuja.

A former top Esperance official who
spoke from Tunis said, “Emem (Eduok)
has signed a contract for three and a
half years after he passed a medical
with the club.”

Other details of the deal were still very
sketchy as at Thursday night. Eduok
scored a record-equalling 20 goals in the
closed season of the Nigeria Premier
League. His goal-scoring ability helped
attract interests from overseas.

Eagles officials confirmed, Thursday,
that Eduok arrived in the Abuja camp
from Tunisia on Thursday morning.

The striker, who missed the morning
training session, was eventually a part of
the evening session at the Abuja
National Stadium under assistant coach
of the team, Daniel Amokachi. Out-of-
contract head coach, Stephen Keshi, is
reportedly on holiday in the USA.

The stand-in coach said that with the
arrival of Eduok, he was no longer
awaiting any other player as Godwin
Igudia earlier invited had sent in a
message explaining that he is nursing an
injury.

Only 19 players from the squad of 24
will make the trip to Abu Dhabi for the
international friendly matches against
Cote d’Ivoire and Sudan.

Eduok, The PUNCH learnt, told the
Eagles managers that his trip to Tunisia
was a huge success but that he still
needed proper clearance from his club,
Dolphins. He would pursue the clearance
after the two friendly games.

He said, “The trip was okay, I have done
my medicals and concluded terms with
my new club but Dolphins will still have
to clear me after our friendly games.”

But while it has been a wonderful tale
for Eduok, so far, it is not yet
wonderful for another up and coming
Nigeria-based player, Mfon Udoh.

Enyimba have placed a price tag of
$1.2m tag on all-time Nigeria league
record scorer, Udoh, after they rejected
a $650,000 from a top Egyptian club
according to Africanfootball.com .

Udoh himself has revealed that he has
received offers from several clubs from
Africa and Europe. The player is also in
the Eagles camp.

“Actually clubs are calling but we have
not arrived at anything yet,” he said.
“Like I have said I am not in a hurry to
leave Enyimba, but once the right offer
comes I will decide.”