{"id":824289,"date":"2025-02-04T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/dennis-joins-blackburn-becomes-4th-super-eagles-star-after-yakubu-aiyegbeni\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:12:25","slug":"dennis-joins-blackburn-becomes-4th-super-eagles-star-after-yakubu-aiyegbeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/dennis-joins-blackburn-becomes-4th-super-eagles-star-after-yakubu-aiyegbeni\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis joins Blackburn, becomes 4th Super Eagles star after Yakubu Aiyegbeni"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fifth-placed EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers have secured the signing of Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Dennis on loan from Nottingham Forest, Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The signing of the Nigerian international makes him the fourth Super Eagles star<\/a> to don the club\u2019s colours after Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Dickson Etuhu, and Hope Akpan.<\/p>\n

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Subject to approval from the relevant football authorities, Dennis\u2019 signing by the English second-division side became the third signing of the 2025 January deadline day and the sixth signing of the window, following the arrivals of Yuri Ribeiro from Braga, Cauley Woodrow from Luton Town, and others.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRovers have concluded their transfer deadline day business with the loan signing of Nigeria international Emmanuel Dennis from Nottingham Forest,\u201d the club announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dennis struggled for game time at the City Ground and will now look to revive his career in the EFL Championship, following in the footsteps of Aiyegbeni, who had a prolific spell with Rovers, scoring 18 goals and providing two assists in 33 appearances.<\/p>\n

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Chesterfield\u2019s Ryheem Sheckleford and Nottingham Forest\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis during the pre-season friendly match [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 26-year-old forward previously had a brief loan spell at Istanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir<\/a> but failed to cement a regular starting role upon returning to Forest.<\/p>\n

With Blackburn seeking reinforcements in their push for promotion, Dennis is expected to play a key role in their attacking setup.<\/p>\n

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Steven Taylor of Newcastle United (L) beats Yakubu Aiyegbeni of Blackburn Rovers to the ball during the Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The former Watford striker joins a club that has previously provided a platform for Nigerian players, with Aiyegbeni, Etuhu, and Akpan all playing key roles at Ewood Park.<\/p>\n

Dennis aims to rediscover the form that saw him excel at Club Brugge and Watford as he hopes to revive his career and earn a recall to the Super Eagles setup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\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

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

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Soccer Fifth-placed EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers have secured the signing of Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Dennis on loan from Nottingham Forest, Soccernet.ng reports. The signing of the Nigerian international makes him the fourth Super Eagles star to don the club\u2019s colours after Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Dickson Etuhu, and Hope Akpan. Get Our Sports News First […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4230,1469,2005],"tags":[20734,5460],"class_list":{"0":"post-824289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dennis","8":"category-joins","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-dennis","11":"tag-joins"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824289","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=824289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}