The likelihood of one cap Nigeria international defender Olisa Ndah joining Serie A side Sassuolo has taken a big hit with the defender currently facing a spell on the sidelines due to injury, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.
Linked with a move to the Serie A side, it was widely reported that they are keen on adding him to their defence in the ongoing January transfer window and have already sounded out his representatives and his club over a potential deal.
24 year old Ndah hasn’t played for Orlando Pirates for the past three weeks due to injury and he is expected back in action in the first week of February. Around that time the transfer window would have slam shut.
A source close to the player said, the likelihood of the deal happening is very slim now and talks have slowed down lately due to the injury and there are doubts over his fitness considering they will need him to go into the team almost immediately.
” I don’t think the move is happening anymore. We have to wait and see but the possibility is slim I must confess. The injury hasn’t helped because the plan is for him to move into the team immediately. He should be fully fit by February and maybe it will be too late by then. Fingers crossed we wait with the hope that if it doesn’t happen now, then maybe in the summer”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.