Turkish giants Besiktas have moved for Buruj Sports Academy’s impressive striker Chidi Nwabueze after the youngster impressed officials of the club in a recent international tournament in UAE.
Towards this end, the Managing Director of Buruj Sports Academy Dr Salaudeen Waheed is now in Turkey to sort out issues surrounding the transfer to enable Nwabueze to play for the U-21 side of the team from Istanbul.
The highly talented forward caught the fancy of the former club of Daniel Amokachi after impressing in some of the international tournaments where Buruj Sports Academy featured in the recent past and is expected to put pen to paper in the next couple of days.
Speaking on the trip, Dr. Buruj disclosed that Chidi possess all the attributes of a goal-poacher and will not be found wanting with Besiktas investing in him while boasting that many other players from the Academy will soon find their way to play for good clubs where there career prospects will be enhanced.
“Our international trips are yielding fruits already and Chidi is one among many others that will benefit from it. Besiktas are serious about signing him to play for their U-21 in order for him to continue his development there.
“We know what he can do, having trained with us for quite some time now, featuring in some games both locally and abroad. Hopefully, in the next couple of days, we shall tidy things up and he will start his career in Turkey. Any player that register to train with us can look forward to such opportunity”, he enthused.
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