{"id":2758,"date":"2023-08-07T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T11:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/07\/read_news-phpnid48338\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T11:51:10","slug":"read_news-phpnid48338","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/07\/read_news-phpnid48338\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United interested in signing Middlesbrough&#8217;s Nigerian goal poacher:: 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\/97470Akpom.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Sheffield United interested in signing Middlesbrough's Nigerian goal poacher\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United are looking to bolster their offensive ranks after sealing a return to the English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/footballleagueworld.co.uk\/sheffield-united-plotting-multi-million-pound-transfer-swoop-for-middlesbrough-man\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Nixon, via Football League World<\/a>, The Blades\u00a0are interested in signing Nigerian striker Chuba Akpom from Middlesbrough as a replacement for Senegal international\u00a0Iliman Ndiaye,\u00a0who switched to Marseille this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Akpom&#8217;s future at\u00a0Middlesbrough has been in doubt for the last few months following the club&#8217;s failure to secure promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several clubs in England and abroad have been linked with the Hale End Academy graduate but it seems his suitors have yet to firm up their interest in the 27-year-old by tabling an official bid to Boro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Akpom earned a reputation as a goal scorer last season, finishing the campaign with 28 league goals to win the Championship Golden Boot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With one year left on his contract,\u00a0Middlesbrough have opened talks with the player and his camp on an extension but no agreement has been reached.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should Akpom not sign a new deal in the coming weeks, Boro have to make a decision on whether to cash in on the attacker\u00a0or allow him run down his contract<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, it is claimed that Sheffield United will test Boro&#8217;s resolve to keep hold of the Super Eagles hopeful with a bid in the region of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a38 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Igho Kingsley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from allnigeriasoccer.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/read_news.php?nid=48338\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield United are looking to bolster their offensive ranks after sealing a return to the English Premier League. \u00a0 According to Alan Nixon, via Football League World, The Blades\u00a0are interested in signing Nigerian striker Chuba Akpom from Middlesbrough as a replacement for Senegal international\u00a0Iliman Ndiaye,\u00a0who switched to Marseille this month.\u00a0 \u00a0 Akpom&#8217;s future at\u00a0Middlesbrough has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}