Super Eagles forward
Ahmed Musa has signed for Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr FC. The 25 year old who
was in superlative form at the World cup in Russia despite Eagles early exit
from the championship became has been on the radar of the Saudi Club even
before the World cup.
His exploits at the
Mundial further fired the desire to have him in the fold. The club on Friday released a video welcoming
the Nigerian international whose exploits with Russian side CSKA Moscow
received a lot of the commendation from the club and its fans.
Musa, who was Leicester City’s record signing when he moved to the King Power
for £16.6million in 2016, failed to hold
down a place and was loaned back to his old club CSKA Moscow for part of last
season.
Interestingly former VVV
Venlo and Kano Pillars ace found the net six times in 10 appearances at the
Russian club, three times as many as he managed in his 21 Premier League
appearances.
Al-Nassr said he had
signed a four-year contract but did not disclose the transfer fee. The
announcement was also accompanied by a bizarre video that did not even feature
their new signing — only highlights of his playing career to date.
The clip consisted of a
flight taking off from London directly to Al-Nassr, with an unidentified man
making his way through security.
On board, highlights of
the striker playing for Leicester, Nigeria and CSKA Moscow could be seen out of
the cabin
windows, including on of
his World Cup strikes, and his International Champions Cup goal for the Foxes
against Barcelona.
Rather than the video
ending in the more traditional fashion, an image of the new signing in a shirt,
or perhaps even just a scarf, the short feature ends with the plane flying
perilously close to the main stand at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, the
plane only just clearing it as the captain announced their arrival.
Al-Nassr finished third
in the Saudi-Arabian professional league last season, qualifying for the Asian
Champions League play-offs in the process.
A check conducted on the
current squad of the club indicate that Musa has already been included an
indication that the club is eager to have the Nigerian get into action in the
new season.
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