Cyriel Dessers will be handed the top striker role at Belgium side Genk when Paul Onuachu leaves the team before the end of the transfer window as widely expected.
Genk have concluded a deal to sign Ike Ugbo on permanent terms from Chelsea following his impressive loan spell at fellow Belgium side Cercle Brugge last season.
The decision to sign the forward means the team now has three senior forwards on their books , a situation which could speed up the exit of Onuachu who is on the want list of several teams in Europe after scoring 35 goals last season.
Dessers who joined the team from Dutch side Heracles where he was top scorer has been told he will step up to the role of his fellow Nigerian in the event of his likely departure despite the signing of Ugbo.
26 year old Dessers will be hoping to get back to goal scoring ways to boost his chances of another call up to the senior national team of Nigeria, where he will be up against Onuachu for the role of back up to first choice striker Victor Osimhen.