GHANAIAN striker Mohammed Sumaila has cooked up the world’s strangest transfer — by joining his new club for ten litres of OLIVE OIL.
The 25-year-old has played lower-league football in Turkey since 2012. He signed a deal to play for Kutahya in the upcoming season.
Instagram @ms9__ Mohammed Sumaila will play in a tournament after accepting olive oil from a local farmer[/caption]
Instagram @ms9__ Mohammed Sumaila has signed a deal to play for Turkish side Kutahya[/caption]
However Sumaila has opted to join up with an ex-clubmate at Yorukalispor in the meantime – for a local tournament that lasts a month.
The village side was too cash-strapped to afford him, but he signed up after local olive growers offered to pay him in oil.
The striker said: “I am 25, and I have been playing for amateur teams in Turkey for about five years.
“I was transferred to Kutahya for next season, but I joined Yorukalispor to play in a tournament which is organised for one month in Mudanya.
“I joined them on the invitation of my former clubmate, Tayfun Albayrak. I will not be paid for playing.
“But the villagers said they would instead give me some of the organic olive oil they produced, and I accepted the offer gladly.
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"This is the first village team I have played for. But my dream is to play for a top-flight club in Turkey."
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