Pained by his inability to sign for FC Metz on transfer deadline day and seeing a move back to KRC Genk collapse at the last minute, Paul Onuachu is lucky enough to be on the radar of Turkish side just as he is ready to quit Southampton.
The Nigeria international has failed to live up to the hype surrounding his January transfer to St Mary’s and an exit this summer was sought.
Despite some clubs being interested, nothing ever happened, but the Southampton flop is lucky enough that some transfer windows are still open, like the one in Turkey, where Trabzonspor are interested, according to Fanatik.
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The outlet explained the Süper Lig side are still looking for a striker, as they have until September 15th to sign someone, and despite initially wanting to go for Fulham’s Carlos Vinicius, they never found an agreement.
That’s when they started to look for alternatives, which led them to Paul Onuachu, and ‘contact has been made’ to try and save him from his Southampton nightmare.
However, with the Saints having paid €18m for him, the chances of a full transfer taking place are slim to none, and that’s why the idea of a loan is far likelier to succeed.
They explain the striker ‘wants to play’, which we assume means he is happy to go to Turkey to get some minutes under his belt, and the belief is the move is ‘expected to be finalised this week’.