Nigeria U20 defender and captain Ikouwem Udoh Utin has passed a routine medical with Israeli side Maccabi Haifa but he is yet to seal the deal contrary to reports, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.
Udoh trained with the Israeli side once and had his medical afterwards but he refuse to sign the deal on the instructions of Enyimba who are keen on going through the details of the deal.
Enyimba are due an excess of €250,000 from his signing but they will only sanction the deal after receiving the first installment from the Israeli side and also if they are certified with the salary package of the player.
Two days ago, Enyimba received the full contract details for the club to club agreement and also that of what the player will earn upon signing the deal which will run for five years.
The defender will get the go ahead to pen the deal after the lawyers of the club are through with the content of the deal and for now no time frame has been agreed for when he will officially pen the deal.
Daniel Martins
