Anthony Nwakaeme's Wage Demands Put Turkish Top Clubs Off

Anthony Nwakaeme's Wage Demands Put Turkish Top Clubs Off

By Our Reporter

Nigerian striker, Anthony Nwakaeme could be pricing himself out from the reach of some top clubs in the Turkish Super Lig over his valuation by his agent, reports BSNsports.com.ng.

Nwakaeme, 33, who had an impressive season after he helped Trabzonspor to win the Turkish League title scoring 15 goals and registering 11 assists in 36 games is out of contract with his club.

Talks between him and Trabzonspor had twice ended in a deadlock, thus forcing his manager, Deniz Türker to offer him to other top guns Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş and İstanbul Başakşehir.

But his wage demands seems to be the stumbling block for some of the clubs after report on Turkish Scout claimed that Beşiktaş turned down the chance to sign Nwakaeme owing to his demand of a two plus one year extension contract with a salary of €2.5 million, even after he asked Trabzonspor for a 3 years deal with a salary of €3 million.

Final negotiation with the Nigerian by Trabzonspor on a possible contract extension is expected to hold this week. If the deal is rejected, both parties will then be forced to part ways. 

Meanwhile, Super Lig clubs of Adana Demirspor and Gaziantep have shown interest in the transfer of Nwakaeme but are yet to table any concrete bid for him.

Recall last week, English Championship side Hull City were reported to have shown interest in signing Anthony Nwakaeme on a free transfer this summer.