New arrival at Demir Grup Sivasspor of Turkey, Olarewaju Kayode has come out with a down-to-earth confession that he has a deep-burning desire to enact greater impact with his latest team in Europe, as he aims to hit the ground running at the team he joined in a season-long loan deal from Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine.
Megasportsarena.com gathered that the Nigeria 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup silver medalist admitted he is happy to finally seal a new deal in The Land of The Ottoman after missing out on two previous attempts at staying in the country where he played all of last season on loan at Gaziantep FK, with which he scored 12 goals in the Turkish Super Lig.
Dramatically, the former highest goals scorer in Austria, who had a contract with Manchester City of England running until last year but never played a single game with the English Premier League club, could not seal an extension with Gaziantep because they could not afford his wages.
Although Kayode then tried to get an alternative at another Turkish side, Caykor Rizespor, that also fell flat and he had to finally settle for Sivasspor, who had former Super Eagles’ defender, Elderson Uwa Echiejile on their cards two years ago and they are reputed to be one of the most financially stable clubs in Turkey.
This now marks a new chapter in the career of ‘Larry,’ who has previously played in Switzerland, Israel, Austria, Spain and Ukraine, and he is already talking about making the best of the new challenge, after ‘The Red-Whites’ reached an agreement with Shakhtar Donetsk to release him on loan for the 2020/21 season but no option to buy.
Kayode’s official signing in the city of Sivas was witnessed by Sivasspor Club deputy chairman, Erdal Sarılar, following which Turkish sports daily, Fanatik reported that the youthful striker, who had been placed atop the club’s lists of summer targets, got an assurance from the moguls that they are working round the clock to meet his financial demands.
The 27-year-old striker, who played 27 league games for Gaziantep, with 10 goals and six assists, earlier had his loan deal from Man City to Shakhtar made permanent after he scored two goals in six appearances in 2018; a year after he had his Eagles’ debut in a friendly against Senegal.
The former Heartland of Owerri, ASEC Mimosas of Cote d’Ivoire, Djekano of Cyprus, Maccabi Netanya of Israel, FC Wien of Austria, Girona of Spain and FC Luzern of Switzerland forward, who has been capped four times with the Super Eagles, is already thinking of how to shake Turkey during his second consecutive season in the Lig.
