AFCON 2013 winner sends message to young Nigerian players over 'fake' agents

• Brown Ideye has cautioned young footballers successful Nigeria to beryllium wary of those they notation to arsenic agents
• The striker who returned to the state by joining NPFL broadside Enyimba has nonstop penetration into the concern of things successful the section league
• According to him, a ample percent of young players person already signed ridiculous contracts with immoderate people

Former Nigerian planetary Brown Ideye has issued informing messages to young footballers crossed the country.

Ideye, who returned to the Nigerian Premier Football League by joining Enyimba successful December, seems to person first-hand penetration into the concern successful the section league.

In a bid of posts connected his authoritative X account, the AFCON 2013 winners urged intending footballers to beryllium omniscient successful their dealings with agents.

Brown Ideye during a warm-up league earlier an NPFL match. Photo: brownaideideye.
Source: Twitter

The 36-year-old expressed daze that rather a fig of footballers betwixt the ages of 17 and 20 already person contracts with agents.

According to him, not conscionable anyone who buys shot shoes oregon contributes money for proscription deserves to beryllium called an agent.

An unimpressed Ideye wrote connected X:

"All the young players from 17 to 20 years of property had already signed with an cause This is alarming. You support the players for years and don’t privation to enactment with anyone to assistance the players."You deliberation of your pouch unsocial and not the aboriginal of the players. Some of them person nary interaction whatsoever with these players."This is for each the young players successful Nigeria, don’t fastener your endowment down by signing a declaration with idiosyncratic due to the fact that helium promised to get you a nine successful Europe. "And marque definite your planetary passport is with you astatine each times, due to the fact that nary 1 has the close to clasp idiosyncratic else’s passport."Someone buying you shot shoes and giving you proscription wealth is not your agent, beryllium smart."

Ideye returns to NPFL

NPFL giants Enyimba FC strengthened their squad by signing erstwhile Super Eagles guardant Brown Ideye past December, per CAF.

Ideye, who has played for aggregate European clubs, joined the Aba-based squad connected a short-term woody to boost their run for the remainder of the season.

“We are thrilled to corroborate the signing of erstwhile Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye.“We judge his acquisition and professionalism volition heighten our show successful the remaining matches, peculiarly nether our caller coach’s leadership.”

Brown Ideye successful enactment during a grooming league with his teammates astatine Enyimba. Photo: brownaideideye.
Source: Twitter

He returned to the NPFL aft astir 20 years, having past played for Ocean Boys successful the 2006/07 season.

Since then, helium has built an awesome career, having featured successful apical European leagues, including the English Premier League with West Bromwich Albion and French Ligue 1 with Montpellier.

When Ideye received N150k arsenic MVP Award successful NPFL

Legit.ng earlier reported that Ideye received a N150,000 Man-of-the-Match Award successful the Nigerian Premier Football League.

The 2013 AFCON victor was named the astir invaluable subordinate pursuing Enyimba’s triumph implicit Kano Pillars.

The erstwhile Nigerian planetary was captured arsenic helium posed with a dummy cheque.

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Source: Legit.ng