Just two years ago Wisdom Ubani who recently joined Croatian side NK Lokomotiva visited Belgium where talks were held with league giants Anderlecht.
Ubani was rumored to be close to penning a five year deal with the Vincent Kompany led team after impressing at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations for the Nigerian team.
He was one of the few bright spark of the Nigerian team that failed to match the height of previous teams before them. As expected it brought about attention from top teams in Europe.
Anderlecht showed the most desire to sign the then 16 year old and invited him and his mother for a tour of their facility in view of signing him when he turns 18. Talks were going smoothly until it came to the position of valuation.
The owners of his economic rights insist on a fee of €1 million which threw the Belgium League giants off their feet. All attempts to lower the fee proved abortive with his minders thinking he will go to the U-17 World Cup and make an impression which will spark a bargaining war.
Unfortunately he got injured prior to the tournament yet still made the squad but his lack of fitness meant he didn’t match same height as he did at the African championship. Furthermore the Nigerian team also crashed out in disappointing fashion in the round of 16.
By that time Anderlecht have already moved on from his file to other players who were not valued as high as Ubani. Another move to Standard Liege where he had trials broke down after looking likely to happen.
Few days ago he picked up the only available but the least of the options he has gotten since he appeared on the scene in 2019 by agreeing to join NK Lokomotiva of Croatia. A move he hope will put him in the shop window of top European teams in the nearest future.
