Ex-Eagles Striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni Training With English Fifth-Tier Club

Published on: 09 July 2016

National League side Boreham Wood FC have started running the rule over former Nigeria international Yakubu Aiyegbeni, with a view to offering him a contract.

The coaching staff will observe the striker at close quarters on Saturday afternoon when the Wood face Reading in a pre-season fixture.

Now 33, Aiyegbeni last represented Kayserispor in Turkey and has also had spells with clubs in Qatar, China, Israel and Portugal.

A well-known figure in English football, the Okomu Oil product has represented Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton,  Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers and Reading in the past.

Boreham Wood are a fifth-tier club in England based in Hertfordshire.

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