Almeria won’t renew Ozornwafor’s loan deal

Almeria won’t renew Ozornwafor’s loan deal

Johnny Edward

Spanish Segunda side, Almeria, will not be renewing Valentine Ozornwafor’s loan deal when it expires, Sports Extra reports.

Ozornwafor, joined Almeria last summer on a season loan deal from Galatasaray but the Nigeria U-23 defender has failed to impress at the club since he arrived according to Turkish daily, Ajansspor.

The 20-year-old defender has made two substitute appearances so far this term totaling 92 minutes.

“He has performed below expectation this season and Almeria won’t be exercising their purchase option of

€1.8m to buy the player outrightly,” the daily reported.

Ozornwafor kicked off his career at Enyimba before his move to Galatasaray in July on a four-year deal.

The defender has played for Nigeria at the youth level and was Nigeria’s standout player at the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and later at the U-20 World Cup in Poland. In between those tournaments, he was given a Super Eagles call-up and featured for Nigeria’s U-23 side.

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