Former Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) legend and top scorer, Victor Ezeji, has agreed to join Port Harcourt club, Dolphins, supersport.com can report.
The striker is expected to sign in a matter of days in a deal that would see him feature for the former Nigerian champions till the end of the current league season.
“We have been in talks with one of our former players in Victor Ezeji. He has agreed to join us for the rest of the season. I know a lot of people will wonder why Victor Ezeji, but he is very experienced and we want his experience to rub off on our players especially the strikers.
“Victor is not the only player we have agreed to bring in to bolster the team. Already we have registered one of our young players, Christian Weli, for the rest of the season as well. The addition of Victor to our squad is good for us and hopefully it will help in easing our goal-scoring worries which has been put on the shoulders of a few players like Omo Johnson, Godbless Asamoah and Ifeanyi Egwim,” said an official of Dolphins on Thursday.
Supersport.com has been made to understand that Ezeji has asked the club to make available squad number 20 for him to mark his 20th season in the Nigerian top flight.
But checks by supersport.com show that Ezeji might not have that request granted since Tijani Adamu has been registered with that number except the midfielder will agree to relinquish it for another squad number.
However, the Dolphins official revealed that “Ezeji could be given a special squad number of 19+1 if the League Management Company (LMC) will agree to it.”
Barring any hitch if Ezeji completes the move to Dolphins, it will be the third stint with the Port Harcourt after playing for them while they were known as Eagle Cement in the late 1990s and then between 2004 and 2007.
Ezeji has also played for the other Port Harcourt club, Sharks as well as six-time Nigerian champions, Enyimba. Last season, he featured for Sunshine Stars, in his 19th season.
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