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FootballKaizer Chiefs Enter Race for Asante Koto's Franck Mbella Etouga Linked With Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray
- Kaizer Chiefs have signalled their intent for next season after reportedly entering the race to sign highly-rated Cameroonian striker Franck Mbella Etouga
- The 20-year-old has impressed for Ghana Premier League team Asante Kotoko, where he scored 20 goals in a league title-winning campaign
- The Amakhosi will have to work very hard to snap up his signature, with the likes of Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray said to be keen on his services
Kaizer Chiefs seriously means business as the club looks ahead to next season judging by its activities on the transfer market.
The Amakhosi have been ruthlessly efficient in offloading players during this off-season while also signing quality players who can end their seven-year-long trophy drought.
According to GhanaSoccerNet, they might try to upset the likes of Atletico Madrid, Saint-Etienne, SD Eibar and Galatasaray for the services of rising Cameroonian star Franck Mbella Etouga. The 20-year-old was instrumental in firing Asante Kotoko to the Ghana Premier League title with 20 goals.
The article continued that Etouga's lethality also involved three assists while also winning seven man-of-the-match awards, which helped Kotoko to a first league title in eight seasons.
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It is in Chiefs' best interest to restock the armoury upfront. Goal reported that the club released three strikers in the form of Samir Nurkovic, Lazarous Kambole and Leonardo Castro.
Also parting ways with the Naturena-based team were Kearyn Baccus, Daniel Akpeyi, Leonardo Castro, Daniel Cardoso, Lebogang Manyama and Anthony Akumu Agay. Joining these players on the way out was goalkeeper coach Lee Baxter.
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FootballAs reported by Sports Brief, rumours have been doing the rounds that the Raja Casablanca player was offered to the Amakhosi once his contract expires in Morocco.
Ngoma will become a free agent at the end of June and the Amakhosi have been given the first option to sign him.