{"id":823269,"date":"2025-01-31T10:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/super-eagles-star-who-wanted-chelsea-did-boavista-try-to-block-onyemaechis-move-to-greece\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:12:06","slug":"super-eagles-star-who-wanted-chelsea-did-boavista-try-to-block-onyemaechis-move-to-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/super-eagles-star-who-wanted-chelsea-did-boavista-try-to-block-onyemaechis-move-to-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles star who wanted Chelsea: Did Boavista try to block Onyemaechi\u2019s move to Greece?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles left-back Bruno Onyemaechi has secured a move away from Portugal to join Greek champions Olympiacos, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Transfermarkt, the<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/onyemaechi-olympiacos-super-eagles.html\"> Nigerian international joined the 47-time Greek Super League winners for a fee in the region of \u20ac2.5 million.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, reports suggest that Boavista was reluctant to let Onyemaechi leave and attempted to block his transfer to Olympiacos.<\/p>\n<h4>Boavista\u2019s Last-Minute Saga with Super Eagles Star<\/h4>\n<p>The Porto-based club reportedly put up resistance to Onyemaechi\u2019s move to Greece, although the exact reason remains unclear.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148663\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/onyemaechi-olympiacos-super-eagles.html\/img_5654\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148663\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5654.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Bruno Onyemaechi\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148663\">Bruno Onyemaechi [Photo credit\/X]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bruno\u2019s agent, Tiago Calisto, revealed that Boavista had previously prevented the defender from leaving, delaying the transfer for three consecutive windows.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have been waiting for this transfer since the last three transfer windows, but due to Boavista\u2019s situation, the club was still blocking his exit. But now we have a smile, and everything is fine,\u201d he said, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/africafoot.com\/boavista-a-continue-de-bloquer-le-depart-donyemaechi-lagent-du-joueur-tiago-calisto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africafoot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Calisto also disclosed that Onyemaechi had multiple offers but ultimately chose Olympiacos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe joined a real club. He had 3-4 options, but he joined Olympiacos FC because the club showed that they really wanted him. It\u2019s a big step for his career. I think he will do much more; I trust him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Onyemaechi: Super Eagles Star\u2019s Earlier Cry for Chelsea<\/h4>\n<p>Shortly after scoring his first goal of the 2024-25 season in a 2-2 draw against Estrela de Amadora, Onyemaechi sparked speculation about his future by making a surprising social media post.<\/p>\n<p>In his post, the Nigerian international urged fans to tag Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly, which hints at a possible move.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cScored my first goal of the season today, make una help me tag Todd Boehly abeg, I wan see something,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/super-eagles-chelsea-boavista-onyemaechi.html\/now-deleted-post-of-bruno-onyemaechi\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Now-deleted-post-of-Bruno-Onyemaechi.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Super Eagles star Bruno Onyemaechi\" width=\"1080\" height=\"803\"  ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Onyemaechi later claimed his account had been hacked and dismissed the post. Despite this, the moment stuck with fellow Super Eagles star Victor Boniface, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/boniface_jrn\/status\/1883991667411411396?s=46&#038;t=b9FUBUNstw3lkK85djbEwA\" target=\"_blank\">who playfully referenced it when congratulating Onyemaechi on his move to Olympiacos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/super-eagles-chelsea-boavista-onyemaechi.html\/victor-boniface-teases-bruno-onyemaechi\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148995\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Victor-Boniface-teases-Bruno-Onyemaechi.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Boniface teases Bruno Onyemaechi\" width=\"781\" height=\"1280\"  ><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Onyemaechi Eye Greece Debut<\/h4>\n<p>Onyemaechi is expected to make his first appearance for the Olympiacos against Levadiakos on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>If he continues to impress and adapt well to his new environment, he could still realise his dream of playing in the English Premier League, with time on his side.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/super-eagles-chelsea-boavista-onyemaechi.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles left-back Bruno Onyemaechi has secured a move away from Portugal to join Greek champions Olympiacos, Soccernet.ng reports. According to Transfermarkt, the Nigerian international joined the 47-time Greek Super League winners for a fee in the region of \u20ac2.5 million. However, reports suggest that Boavista was reluctant to let Onyemaechi leave and attempted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3577,2005,4578],"tags":[7956,6323],"class_list":{"0":"post-823269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eagles","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-super","10":"tag-eagles","11":"tag-super"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}