Lobi Stars of Makurdi striker Sunday Alimi has joined Turkish League giants Galatasary according to a post on his Facebook handle to mark the occasion of his birthday.
Alimi turned 18 today and the forward who was a member of the last Nigeria U-17 , the team that won the World Youth Championship in 2015 announced his move to Galatasary is a done deal. The striker has been on trial with the Turkish giants since the start of the month, and has played in games for the youth team of the Turkish side where he has scored goals in some games.
Alimi is expected to start with the U-19 of the Turkish side before hopefully progressing to the main team, if his performances impresses the handlers of the team during his stay with the youth team.
As at the time of filing in this report, the length of the contract he signed with Galatasary is yet to be known by Owngoalnigeria.com, as he is yet to reply the several messages sent to him.