Italian Serie A club AS Roma have agreed a three-year professional contract for Nigeria youngsters Sadiq Umar and Nura Abdullahi.
“Sadiq and Nura have both agreed a three-year contract with Roma. It will be signed in June,” a source told AfricanFootball.com.
Both players have been on loan from Italian Serie B outfit Spezia.
His first-team chances have dried up though since the return of coach Luciano Spalletti in January.Striker Umar, 19, has made six appearances for the Rome club this season in the league and scored two goals.
However, the Kaduna-born Umar has also been scoring goals for fun for the Roma youth team amid rumours he is wanted by some of Europe’s top guns.
Eighteen-year-old right fullback Abdullahi, on the other hand, has yet to make his Serie A debut, but he is highly rated by Roma.
Meanwhile, Mfon Udoh has signed a new deal that keeps him at Enyimba till February 2019.
“Mfon (Udoh) has signed a new deal with Enyimba till 2019 after his previous deal ended in February,” a source told AfricanFootball.com.
“All the documentations have been filed with the league.”
Seven-time Nigeria champions Enyimba are now expected to cash in big time should the striker move overseas before the expiration of this new contract.
The 24-year-old Udoh, who smashed a hat-trick against Tunisia’s Etoile du Sahel in a crunch CAF Champions League second round clash last week, is the all-time top scorer in the Nigeria league with 23 goals.
The former Akwa United star achieved this milestone two seasons ago.
