{"id":2633,"date":"2023-07-28T22:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/28\/read_news-phpnid48262\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T22:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:36:53","slug":"read_news-phpnid48262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/28\/read_news-phpnid48262\/","title":{"rendered":"Done deal: Nigeria&#8217;s most expensive defender in history joins Fulham\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/86740CB.png\" height=\"212\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Done deal: Nigeria's most expensive defender in history joins Fulham\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With a statement on their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fulhamfc.com\/news\/2023\/july\/28\/fulham-sign-bassey\/\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, Fulham\u00a0have confirmed the signing of Nigeria international Calvin Bassey from Ajax Amsterdam.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajax.nl\/artikelen\/ajax-en-fulham-bereiken-akkoord-over-calvin-bassey\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ajax\u00a0\u00a0Amsterdam officially confirmed<\/a> that they agreed a transfer fee of \u20ac 22.5 million with the London-based English Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bassey became the most\u00a0expensive Nigerian defender in history, overtaking Super Eagles legend Taribo West, when he moved to Ajax for a guaranteed fee of\u00a023 million euros last summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Leicester City academy product has returned to the United Kingdom a year after he departed Glasgow Rangers for Ajax Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The versatile Super Eagles star has put pen to paper on a four-year contract with a club option to extend by a further twelve months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fulham revealed that Bassey&#8217;s transfer is subject to the receipt of his International Transfer Certificate,\u00a0which is expected to be received during the early part of next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Italian-born player made his Ajax debut in the\u00a0Johan Cruijff Shield match against PSV Eindhoven and totaled 39 appearances for the Amsterdam club, scoring one goal while providing five assists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the forthcoming season, Bassey has been allocated Fulham&#8217;s number 3 shirt, previously worn by\u00a0Layvin Kurzawa, Michael Hector, Ryan Sessegnon, Scott Malone, Luke Garbutt and Konstantinos Stafylidis\u00a0among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: fulhamfc.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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