Reading have confirmed that Nigeria international Sone Aluko has returned to the Championship club following the expiration of his loan deal with Chinese team Beijing Renhe.
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Reading midfielder, Sone Aluko, is putting the finishing touches to his Chinese Super League switch.
Aluko joins the Bianconere from current England’s Women Soccer League champions Chelsea FC Women where she won three league titles and two FA Women’s Cups, as stated on the club’s website “www.juventus.com on Wednesday.
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic urged the club not to sell the forward when Reading’s interest first became known earlier this summer, but a deal has now been struck for a player who scored nine goals for the Cottagers last season.
The transfer is said to be worth around £7.5 million, which would be significantly more than they have ever spent on a player.
The 28-year-old penned a two-year deal with the west Londoners last summer and has produced a string of fine performances at Craven Cottage.
Aluko insists the team aren’t going to dwell on disappointment, and told Sky Bet that promotion is the only aim for the upcoming campaign.
Whites boss Slavisa Jokanovic has admitted a number of bids have been rejected for the 28-year-old.
Fulham has climbed into the play-offs after defeating Aston Villa 3-1 at the Cottage in a game of free-flowing and confident football, while Leeds were beaten 1-0 at Elland Road by Wolves
Villa manager Steve Bruce made five changes to the side that lost to Reading, the most notable being the returns of Tommy Elphick, Scott Hogan and Grealish, who made his first start since Valentine’s Day
The 28-year-old signed for Slavisa Jokanovic’s side from Hull City in July and stated at the time that he believed his new team could make the play-offs
The result means that the club are mathematically unable to acquire sufficient points for survival from their remaining seven games of the season and ends their three-season stint in the second tier of English football
The information was obtained from Fulham’s official website by the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday
The Fulham forward was voted the Championship’s player of the month for October after a series of energetic displays and, although it has been two years since his last international appearance, Aluko is still optimistic that his club displays could help force his way back into the Super Eagles picture
A permanent switch to Aberdeen came about in 2008, and his form for the Dons saw him sign for Scottish giants Rangers in 2011, where he netted 12 times in 21 league games
After the disappointment of the playoff campaign, falling just short after a 3-2 defeat to Hull City in the semi-final, Derby are looking at Hull City’s Aluko as a potential signing
The 27-year-old Aluko joined Hull City from Scottish giants Rangers in the 2012/2013 season, thus ending his four-year sojourn with ‘The Tigers’
The home team started on the front foot and had the first attempt on goal when Dame N’Doye met a cross from Robbie Brady inside two minutes, but his header was straight into the arms of Victor Valdes
However, Aluko is confident they can secure enough points to survive this season, having picked up points against Liverpool, Manchester City and the Gunners already this year
Instead it was Peter Crouch that equalled Alan Shearer’s Premier League record for headed goals as he gave Stoke City a slender victory