Oghenekaro Etebo has signed a five-year deal with
the English Championship side, Stroke City.
The Nigeria international will join the Potters in
fighting for their return to the Premier League next season.
The Potters paid Feirense €7.2million for the
services of the versatile midfielder, set to represent Nigeria at the 2018 Fifa
World Cup in Russia.
Etebo joined Feirense, a portugese side from Warri
Wolves in 2016 and made 45 league appearances with seven goals to his name.
He was sent
to Las Palmas on loan for the second half of the 2017/18 season where he made
14 league appearances in the Spanish LaLiga
Newly appointed stroke’s manager Gary Rowett has
expressed happiness with the club’s first signing of the summer.
“We’re really
excited to have got the deal over the line for Etebo. I’m looking forward to
seeing him in a Stoke City shirt as I’m sure our supporters are too,” Rowett
told club website.
Etebo will join the Potters in preparing for life in
the English Championship, immediately after Nigeria’s campaign at the World
Cup.
And club chief executive Tony Scholes is pleased
with the midfielder's decision to join the Championship side amid chases from
English top-flight and German Bundesliga outfits.
