{"id":826910,"date":"2025-02-14T10:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/hafiz-ibrahim-turkish-super-lig-side-eye-former-chelsea-trialist-report\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:11:52","slug":"hafiz-ibrahim-turkish-super-lig-side-eye-former-chelsea-trialist-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/hafiz-ibrahim-turkish-super-lig-side-eye-former-chelsea-trialist-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafiz Ibrahim: Turkish Super Lig side eye former Chelsea trialist \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Turkish Super Lig side, Hatayspor, are reportedly eyeing a move for Nigerian forward, Hafiz Ibrahim, who is currently donning the colours of French club Stade Reims, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafoot.com\/hatayspor-fait-une-offre-pour-le-pret-dhafiz-umar-ibrahim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reports<\/a> suggest that Fisayo Dele-Bashiru\u2019s club earlier tabled an offer to sign the player on loan for the second stanza of the 2024-25 season campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the January transfer window for the Turkish league closes on the 11th of February, chances are slim that the Kano-born player will be heading to Turkey on a loan move.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that the young Nigerian striker <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/03\/premier-league-giants-chelsea-move-for-nigerian-striking-sensation-hafiz-umar-ibrahim.html\">observed a two-week trial with the Stamford Bridge outfit, Chelsea,<\/a> following an impressive performance at the Viareggio Cup, where he netted ten goals in six matches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120025\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/03\/how-a-call-with-chelseas-raheem-sterling-and-joe-shields-convinced-young-nigerian-striker-hafiz-umar-ibrahim.html\/whatsapp-image-2024-03-28-at-20-10-51\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-28-at-20.10.51.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Hafiz Umar Ibrahim\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1778\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120025\">Hafiz Umar Ibrahim training with Premier League giants Chelsea. Photo credit: Chelsea media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trial of the Nigerian player was <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/03\/how-a-call-with-chelseas-raheem-sterling-and-joe-shields-convinced-young-nigerian-striker-hafiz-umar-ibrahim.html\">reportedly facilitated by Chelsea-owned forward Raheem Sterling,<\/a> who played a key role in convincing Ibrahim to join the Blues at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, things did not go well between Ibrahim\u2019s representative and the London-based club, which saw him eventually seal a deal to <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/08\/photo-chelsea-target-hafiz-umar-ibrahim-joins-stade-reims.html\">join Stade Reims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/hafiz-ibrahim-ex-chelsea-triallist-rising-in-france.html\/association-still-mutzig-v-stade-de-reims-french-cup-2024-2025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-145600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ICONSPORT_247783_0182.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Hafiz Ibrahim \" width=\"850\" height=\"567\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145600\">Hafiz Umar IBRAHIM of Reims during the French Cup match between Mutzig and Reims [Photo by Icon Sport]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since joining in August, Ibrahim has been playing for the Stade Reims B side, and has scored eight goals in seven matches in the fifth tier of the French football system.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the 19-year-old Nigerian forward made his first professional appearance for Stade Reims\u2019 senior team during their <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/hafiz-ibrahim-ex-chelsea-triallist-rising-in-france.html\">3-1 victory over AZ Mutzig in a French Cup clash<\/a>. In that match, Hafiz Ibrahim came on as a substitute for Niama Pape Sissoko.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, there has been no official statement regarding his potential transfer from France to Turkey. However, the soon-to-be 20-year-old is expected to be among the players considered for a move in the next summer window.<\/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\/02\/hafiz-ibrahim-turkish-super-chelsea.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Turkish Super Lig side, Hatayspor, are reportedly eyeing a move for Nigerian forward, Hafiz Ibrahim, who is currently donning the colours of French club Stade Reims, Soccernet.ng reports.\u00a0 Reports suggest that Fisayo Dele-Bashiru\u2019s club earlier tabled an offer to sign the player on loan for the second stanza of the 2024-25 season campaign. However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":826911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132926,36655,2005],"tags":[132924,87583],"class_list":{"0":"post-826910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hafiz","8":"category-ibrahim","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-hafiz","11":"tag-ibrahim"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826910","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=826910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}