{"id":850560,"date":"2025-05-23T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/transfers-club-brugge-target-nigerian-winger-to-join-onyedika-report\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:12:11","slug":"transfers-club-brugge-target-nigerian-winger-to-join-onyedika-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/transfers-club-brugge-target-nigerian-winger-to-join-onyedika-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfers: Club Brugge target Nigerian winger to join Onyedika \u2013 Report\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Belgian giants Club Brugge have set their sights on Nigerian winger Samuel Akere as they look to reinforce their attacking options ahead of the 2025\/2026 season campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old player has enjoyed an impressive campaign with Bulgarian outfit Botev Plovdiv, where he has scored seven goals and provided six assists across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The performances have not gone unnoticed; the former G12 FC academy player has piqued the interest of several European clubs, who are now monitoring his progress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161681\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ICONSPORTxIMAGO_1057686105-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Samuel Akere\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161681\">Samuel Akere [Photo credit\/IMAGO]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sources close to the player have told <a href=\"https:\/\/africafoot.com\/un-cador-belge-veut-soffrir-samuel-akere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa Foot<\/a> that Club Brugge have initiated contact with Akere\u2019s representatives in a bid to lure the Abeokuta-born talent to Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Should a deal materialise, the move would see Akere link up with fellow Nigerian Raphael Onyedika, who has established himself in the heart of Brugge\u2019s midfield.<\/p>\n<p>With just a year left on his current contract, Botev Plovdiv may be open to cashing in on the winger in the 2025 summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>While negotiations are still in the early stages, Club Brugge are reportedly keen to get the deal over the line before the transfer window heats up.<\/p>\n<p>Akere\u2019s potential arrival could add much-needed creativity to Brugge\u2019s frontline as they prepare for another push in the Belgian Pro League and European competitions.<\/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\/05\/transfers-club-brugge-nigerian-onyedika.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Belgian giants Club Brugge have set their sights on Nigerian winger Samuel Akere as they look to reinforce their attacking options ahead of the 2025\/2026 season campaign, Soccernet.ng reports. The 21-year-old player has enjoyed an impressive campaign with Bulgarian outfit Botev Plovdiv, where he has scored seven goals and provided six assists across all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27133,2005,24821],"tags":[119214,15120],"class_list":{"0":"post-850560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brugge","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-transfers","10":"tag-brugge","11":"tag-transfers"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850560","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=850560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}