19 year old Nigerian striker Victor Orakpo has agreed to join recently relegated Ligue 1 side Montpellier on a season long loan deal from OGC Nice, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Upon his arrival at Nice, he took the reserve team by storm leading to his first team debut last season. It was expected that he will be a mainstay in the first team after his fellow Nigerian Terem Moffi suffered an ACL injury in pre season.
Orakpo was handed his spot in the first team, but he also struggled with injuries and fitness issues leading to just four substitute appearances in Ligue 1 and one substitute appearance in the UEFA Europa League. He failed to net his first goal for Le Gym in that time.
The idea of the loan is to help him get sufficient game time to improve his fitness and also quicken his development, and he will undergo a medical later today as part of the process of completing the loan deal.
