Echiejile can go for 10m Euros

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    29 June 2011

    Sporting Braga are demanding a staggering 10 million Euros before Nigeria international Elderson Echiejile could quit the Portuguese club.

    The 23-year-old Nigeria defender joined them last season as a free player on a four-year contract after a hellish time at French club Rennes, where he was frozen out for a whole season.

    “Braga are asking for 10 million Euros for a player they got for nothing a season ago,” an angry top France-based agent informed MTNFootball.com.

    “That is always the problem with clubs from Portugal. Because they are often short on cash, they always want to cash in on any of their players leaving them.”

    However, it is believed that Braga would eventually lower their asking price to about six million Euros.

    Former youth international Echiejile got off to a bright start as Braga made it all the way to the final of the Europa League, where they eventually fell to fellow Portuguese side FC Porto.

    He made a total of 18 appearances as Braga finished fourth on the table this past season.

    However, a thigh strain that recurred at least four times cut short Echiejile’s decent run and by the business end of the season, he was no longer in the first team.

    MTNFootball.com gathered a wrong diagnosis was behind the left back’s injury woes.

    Echiejile’s limited playing time has invariably affected his international career as he has severally been snubbed by Eagles coach Samson Siasia.

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