The feud from transfer dealings between two Glo Premier League sides, Enugu Rangers and Warri Wolves was yesterday reignited when Delta State Sports Commission Chairman, Amaju Pinnick, warned the Flying Antelopes not to field Super Eagles goalkeeper, Agbim until he is cleared by the Warri team.
Three of the five players that were with Rangers at the beginning of the season from Warri Wolves have been recalled by the Delta State-owned team because of the Coal City sides’ inability to complete their transfer formalities.
The three returnees, Lazarus Chukwu, Efe Yarhere and Michael Egbeta were all on the bench before the last two were later introduced in the second half when Warri Wolves hosted and beat Rangers 1-0 at the Warri City Stadium last Sunday.
Out of the remaining two, controversy still surrounds the status of Eagles’ back up goalie, Agbim. Amaju however told SportingLife that the keeper belongs to Warri Wolves 100 per cent because of Rangers’ delay in properly clearing him from Wolves.
He said Agbim would only be eligible to play for Rangers when the club wraps up the deal with Wolves.
“We at Warri Wolves are very straight and honest people. I can tell you and I even want you to quote that Agbim is still a Warri Wolves player. He has not been cleared and he is ineligible to play for Rangers,” Amaju said.
He also spoke on the fate of another Super Eagles player, Sunday Mba: “Mba is a Warri Wolves’ player 100 per cent due to the right exceeded (sic) to us through the LMC and the NFF.
“But we decided out of courtesy and out of the fact that if Mba comes back to Warri Wolves, where can he fit in? He cannot even fit-in into the club and so we told him ‘Mba, you can now play for Rangers and play on loan until we want you to travel.’
“The underlining factor between Warri Wolves, Rangers and all stakeholders regarding Sunday Mba is what they would gain when the boy travels.
“Warri Wolves must be the major beneficiary because it was Warri Wolves that propelled him to greatness. Whatever Mba and Agbim are today is because of Warri Wolves, because those boys were harassed and chased out of Rangers some years ago.”
