Emmanuel Emenike
Last week’s armed attack on the Fenerbahce team bus may have further convinced Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike that he has to walk away from the Turkish champions where he reportedly earns €2.5m a year.
On the day of the shooting incident, the player had told BBC Sport that he wouldn’t let the incident force him away from the Turkish side but on Tuesday, AfricanFootball.com reported that Emenike, like most other Fenerbache stars, was devastated by the attack in which the team bus driver was hurt. The report gave a hint of a move decision by the striker.
Emenike has not hidden the fact that he wants out at Fenerbahce after he lost the support of the fans and he struggled to score goals.
A source close to Emenike was quoted as saying, “Emenike has been shattered by the attack. It has further convinced him he needs to quit Fenerbahce notwithstanding the fact that he earns a staggering €2.5m in a year there.”
England remains his preferred destination, but there are still no offers on the table for him to consider.
On Tuesday, The PUNCH learnt that the Police had arrested two people in connection with the shooting. The shooting was an incident which had pushed the Turkish Super Lig to cancel play for a week.
“Police acted on information received from the public and after locating a weapon,” AbdilCelil Oz, the governor of Trabzon province, where the incident took place, said according to the Dogan news agency.
One man is accused of tracking the bus and relaying information over the phone, while a second man is said to have pulled the trigger.
The suspects are aged 27 and 38.
The team’s driver was injured in the attack, but no players were harmed. Turkish Football Federation chief Yildirim Demiroren has since cancelled play for a week. This was after Fenerbahce said the club would not take part in another league game until the authorities found the people behind the attack.
The bus came under fire in the city of Trabzon after Fenerbahce won 5-1 over Caykur Rizespor.
Turkish media outlets pointed to the strong rivalry between Fenerbahce and local team Trabzonspor as a motive for the attack.
In 2011, Fenerbahce were implicated in a match-fixing scandal which led to the team being sanctioned by UEFA, including a ban on participating in the next Champions League season. Trabzonspor fans felt they should have been awarded the 2011 title as their club came second behind Fenerbahce, who were not stripped of the title.
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