Boreham Wood’s club manager, Luke Garrard as announced admits signing Yakubu Aiyegbini, is a “long shot”, despite the ex-Nigeria and Everton striker training with the club.
Yakubu Aiyegbini, scorer of 21 goals in 57 international appearances for Nigeria, was back playing on English soil for the first time since his release by the Berkshire club in May 2015.
“Is he as sharp as he used to be in the Premier League? No, but at 33 he could definitely do a job in the League.”
Yakubu has scored more than 140 goals in his career for clubs also including Middlesbrough and Blackburn and has returned to England after a spell in the Turkish top flight with Kayserispor.
Yakubu has hit 21 goals in all competitions as the Merseysiders finished fifth in the Premier League and enjoyed lengthy runs in both the UEFA Cup and League Cup.
Consequently, Garrard got in touch with the forward through a mutual friend and invited him down for two training sessions, before he appeared in the match against the Royals.
“I can imagine he’s got interest especially after he’d been with us and played against Reading, so I can imagine something will happen in the next week or so but until then we’ll enjoy his company,”
“It’s a long shot (signing him for Boreham Wood
