LONDON: Nigeria striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni (pic) has been drafted in on loan to Leicester for the rest of the season from Everton in a bid to help the Second Division side gain promotion to the Premier League.
Leicester, managed by former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, are currently only four points off a playoff place.
Yakubu, 28, has scored over 100 goals in English football during nine seasons at Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Everton respectively.
He was Everton’s then club record signing when he joined the Merseysiders for £11.25mil in 2007.
“Yakubu is a tremendous signing for Leicester City,” Eriksson said on Thursday. “He will bring pace, power and experience to the club. He has captained his country, played in major competitions and is a first-class footballer, who I am certain will help us to achieve our aims of moving up the Championship (Second Division).”
The loan move, which is subject to league approval, could see Yakubu make a permanent switch to the Midlands club at the end of the season.
Yakubu is Eriksson’s third signing of the January transfer window following Ben Mee and Sol Bamba.
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