The second round of the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League(NPFL) will start on May 9, 2021.
The quest for the title and fight to avoid relegation will be intensed when the league restart.
Kwara United, Kano Pillars and Akwa United are the top three teams and they will be hoping to maintain the momentum.
Warri Wolves, Katsina United, FC IfeanyiUbah and Adamawa United rock bottom of the table.
With hostility set to return next week, most clubs are busy in the transfer window with intention to fortify their squad ahead of the season resumption.
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AfricaTopSports.com takes a look at some major transfers that was completed including Ahmed Musa’s end of the season move to Kano Pillars.
Here some players that their moved attracted much attention.
Sunday Adetunji
Sunday Adetunji move to Plateau United before the start of the season attracted media attention and it was expected that the forward will hit the ground running and help the Jos side.
However, things were not rosy as he got less playing time with the team.
He ended his contract with Plateau United to join Rivers United.
Ahmed Musa
Nobody saw this coming and when the news started filtering the media, there was doubt until it was finally announced by the club.
Musa inability to secure a club in Europe before the end of the winter transfer window after terminating his contract with Al-Nassr made him a free agent.
Musa took the bold step to rejoin his boyhood club Kano Pillars for the remainder of the season and without payment.
Mahmoud Jamaal
The NPFL is gradually gaining popularity and the arrival of the Egyptian left-back who joined Wikki Tourists till the end of the season is a testament of how the league is gradually becoming destination for players.
Other transfer deals
Christian Ekong – Dakkada to Enyimba fc.
Yakubu Bilal – Jigawa GS to Enyimba Fc.
Martins Usule – Enyimba Fc to Rivers Utd (Loan)
Solomon Kantoma – Dakkada Fc
Musa Bashiru- Dakkada Fc.
Uchenna Odeh – Wikki Tourist
Eric Dufegha – Katsina Utd to Wikki Tourist.
Lanre Shuaibu – Sunshine Stars (loan)
Tope Akande – Wikki Tourist.
Ani Elijah – Warri Wolves to Enugu Rangers
Stephen Gopey- Rivers United to Wikki Tourist
Moorice Chukwu – Akwa Utd to Rivers United.
Joseph Osadiaye – Unattached to Wikki Tourist Fc.
Kokoette Udo – Dakkada FC to Kano Pillars.
Stanley Nwabili – Wikki Tourist to Lobi Stars Fc.
Nasiru Jibrin – Wikki Tourist to Akwa Utd
Yakubu Adams – Adamawa Utd to Akwa Utd.
Uche Sabastine – Akwa Utd to Kano Pillars.
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