Kaizer Chiefs may need to pay ‘big bucks’ if they are to land top Cameroonian marksman Franck Mbella Etouga from his Ghana club Asante Kotoko.
According to the Ghana Soccernet website, Chiefs have officially made an offer for 20-year-old Cameroon international forward, who has taken the Ghana Premier League by storm this season.
Etouga is the league’s top scorer with 20 goals from 27 games and is being wanted by numerous clubs including – French sides Stade Rennais and St Etienne, Turkish club Galatasaray, Portuguese side SD Eibar as well as Spanish side Atletico Madrid.
Kotoko coach Prosper Narteh Ogum told a press conference in Ghana, that he rates the young forward as the ultimate ‘complete player’.
Franck Thierry Mbella Etouga
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21 goals ⚽️
3 assists 🅰️
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“He’s a complete player in the sense that, physically, he’s there, technically he is a good player and tactically too and psychologically,” said Ogum as quoted by ModernGhana.com.
“He has that confidence and self-believe that he is capable of doing it, and I like his work ethic; he is very humble, respectful, and always ready to listen to instructions, and I will keep saying this.
Etouga Mbella Franck Thierry is fired up for goals at the Ogum arena today 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Gz1VRGsY6D
— Hajj Mustapha (@Mohamme02821423) June 12, 2022
“When he plays a game and doesn’t do well, he becomes so worried that I’ve to talk to him to calm him down. So on the whole, I think he’s a good player, always focused, and he is ready to work, and technically I think he’s one of the best players in the league,” Ogum added.
It remains uncertain if any other clubs have come forward with any offers for Etouga but if that is the case Chiefs may end up in a bidding war to sign the talented young striker.
