ADELEYE TO WEAR NO 3 JERSEY

ADELEYE TO WEAR NO 3 JERSEY

KAITA JOINS TAVRIYA

247sportnaija can report today that SC Tavriya Simferopol latest signing Ayodele Adeleye will wear the number three jersey at his new club.

The Super Eagles defender who is currently with the national team preparing for the upcoming Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar and friendly match with Argentina this Sunday joined the club from Metallurg Donetsk on a three year deal for a reported fee of £2.5m.

"I love the number four jersey but I have no choice but to wear the jersey number vacant at the club," the lanky defender revealed.

His compatriot Sani Kaita has also been signed on a two-year deal by the fourth placed team in the Ukrainian league. The 25-year-old battling midfielder becomes the third Nigerian at the club.

Kaita was reported to have signed a three year deal with Belgium side Germinal Beerschot but the deal was cancelled by the club because he failed to obtain a work permit from the Belgian Embassy in Nigeria.

Both players featured for the Dream Team IV at the 2008 Beijing Olympic where the team won silver for the Samson Siasia led team.

ADELEYE JOINS TAVRIYA ON A THREE YEAR DEAL

SC Tavriya Simferopol has completed the signing of Metallurg Donetsk and Nigerian defender Ayodele Adeleye on a three-year deal Complete Sports can report.

Adeleye who had a brilliant debut season in the Ukrainian top flight joined Semen Altman's side for a reported fee of £2.5m, alongside arrival Alexander Pischur who signed from Volyn.

The former Sparta Rotterdam player could make his debut after the international break in their home game against high-flying Kryvbas at the Respublikanskiy stadium on the 9th September after successfully under-going medicals at the club before jetting in for national assignments.

"Right from the first moment they made enquiries about me I've had good feelings about the move but Metallurg Donetsk didn't want me to move following my performance in my debut season for the club last season," Adeleye revealed.

"Tavriya is a big club anyway but I have left to join a bigger club in Ukraine and it is all about the opportunity to win laurels and play in European competition and I can achieve that here now being a player at the club,"

The former Beijing Olympic silver medalist who rejected lucrative offers from two unnamed clubs in Russia earlier in the transfer window scored three goals in 32 appearances for Metallurg last season and has been called up by Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia for the Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar and Argentina.

We Will Play For Pride

Head Coach of the Barea of Madagascar Franck Rajaonarisamba says they play for pride in Sunday's AFCON qualifier against the Super Eagles at the Stade Municipal de Mahamasia.

The Barea are out of the reckoning for a place in the next edition of the Nations Cup but Rajaonarisamba has clearly stated that the game as an important one in the history of Madagascan football.

"There is plenty to look forward to on Sunday. We are playing a World class team and we will be ready for them," Rajaonarisamba told lexpressmada a local daily in Antananarivo.

"Personally, this game will be an opportunity for me to prove the value of the Madagascan football. I admit, the Barea have been setbacks, but I tell you, we lost some battles but not the war. One day, Barea will rise and who knows if this is Sunday, September 4,"

Rajaonarisamba further revealed that while he's team will be relying on the massive home support from the Mahamasina fans they won't hesitate to attack the depleted Super Eagles who are expected to arrive Antanarivo today.

"It's a matter of honor for Madagascar, we will defend it, but we will attack if the opportunity arises. I have always had confidence in public

Mahamasina when I was a player, and I am sure that nothing has changed, even though I am now a coach. However, it should show that we want to give something good in spite of the difference, at all levels between the two teams," he revealed.

The Super Eagles must win Sunday's encounter if they are to stand any chance of qualifying for next year's Nations Cup billed for Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

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