Eagles star Gabriel Reuben loses Gent deal
Reuben (left) has been outstanding for Eagles
Raheem Lawal move off
Nigeria star Gabriel Reuben has lost out on a lucrative deal
with top Belgian club KAA Gent after a rival agent tried to hijack it.
In August, Reuben, who has previously undergone trials overseas, would have signed a three-year contract that would have paid him a minimum of 10,000 Euros a month after tax as well a signing-on fee of about 80,000 Euros.
FIFA agent Tunde Fabiyi of Universal Soccer Consultants told MTNFootball.com that Gent refused to do business with another Nigerian agent who claims to represent the player just when he was to have jetted out of the country for Belgium.
“The deal with Gent for Reuben is off. The club refused to deal with any other agent but me as regards the player because I and my Belgian partner were the ones who proposed him to them and who they were dealing with right up to when the player was to be granted an entry visa,” Fabiyi informed MTNFootball.com
“Kano Pillars also sanctioned my deal and everything was done with the player’s authorisation as well as that of his club.
“Unfortunately, just when he was to get his visa, another agent who is based in London came around to claim he represents the player.
“He even tried to reach the club to negotiate on behalf of the player, but he was rebuffed because all along they have been dealing with me as regards this particular deal.”
The general manager of Kano Pillars, Abba Galadima, expressed shock why the impressive Reuben eventually did not move to Europe during the summer transfer window.
The 22-year-old Pillars star was one of several Nigeria players tipped to move to Europe after they had worked their way into the Super Eagles in the last eight months.
A box-to-box defensive midfielder, the former Enyimba and Kaduna United star scored the Eagles goal in a 2014 World Cup qualifier in Malawi before he posted another man-of-the-match display against Rwanda in Calabar in June.
It is now believed that the London-based agent who scuttled this transaction will attempt to buy the player’s rights from Pillars and then try and sell him to a club probably during the winter transfer window.
In August, Reuben, who has previously undergone trials overseas, would have signed a three-year contract that would have paid him a minimum of 10,000 Euros a month after tax as well a signing-on fee of about 80,000 Euros.
FIFA agent Tunde Fabiyi of Universal Soccer Consultants told MTNFootball.com that Gent refused to do business with another Nigerian agent who claims to represent the player just when he was to have jetted out of the country for Belgium.
“The deal with Gent for Reuben is off. The club refused to deal with any other agent but me as regards the player because I and my Belgian partner were the ones who proposed him to them and who they were dealing with right up to when the player was to be granted an entry visa,” Fabiyi informed MTNFootball.com
“Kano Pillars also sanctioned my deal and everything was done with the player’s authorisation as well as that of his club.
“Unfortunately, just when he was to get his visa, another agent who is based in London came around to claim he represents the player.
“He even tried to reach the club to negotiate on behalf of the player, but he was rebuffed because all along they have been dealing with me as regards this particular deal.”
The general manager of Kano Pillars, Abba Galadima, expressed shock why the impressive Reuben eventually did not move to Europe during the summer transfer window.
The 22-year-old Pillars star was one of several Nigeria players tipped to move to Europe after they had worked their way into the Super Eagles in the last eight months.
A box-to-box defensive midfielder, the former Enyimba and Kaduna United star scored the Eagles goal in a 2014 World Cup qualifier in Malawi before he posted another man-of-the-match display against Rwanda in Calabar in June.
It is now believed that the London-based agent who scuttled this transaction will attempt to buy the player’s rights from Pillars and then try and sell him to a club probably during the winter transfer window.
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