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Super Eagles
forward, Obinna Nsofor is set to be unveiled by West Ham today after
undergoing a medical at the English Premier League side yesterday.

West Ham boss Avram
Grant is desperate to bolster his attacking options after seeing his
side score just once in their first two Premier League games, and
scrape past lower league side Oxford in the Carling Cup.

The former Chelsea
manager turned to Obinna after failing to sign Manchester City’s Felipe
Caicedo, with Inter Milan willing to loan out the Nigeria international.

The former Chievo forward almost signed for Everton two years ago only for work permit problems to scupper the deal.

He has scored 11
goals in 34 internationals for Nigeria and played two games at this
summer’s World Cup before scoring once in Inter’s 3-0 friendly win over
Manchester City in the USA in pre-season.

Yakubu, Yobo to stay put

Aiyegbeni Yakubu
and Joseph Yobo are presently not having the best of times at Everton
but unlike Nsofor, they don’t look likely to depart the English Premier
League club in the foreseeable future.

Everton’s assistant manager, Steve Round, said the Nigerian pair are not in line to leave the club this season.

Both players did
not feature in Everton’s first two league games of the season, with
striker Yakubu reported to be a target for West Ham and Newcastle
United while defender Yobo has been linked with a loan switch to
Scottish side Celtic.

However, Round said the pair’s absence is down to them improving their fitness.

“They came back from the World Cup a little bit later and have taken a bit of time to get fitter again,” Round said.

Etuhu for Liverpool?

Meanwhile, Roy
Hodgson is closely monitoring Fulham’s contract negotiations with
Dickson Etuhu and is poised to bring the midfielder to Liverpool.

The 28-year-old
flourished under Hodgson at Fulham and is a favourite at Craven Cottage
but he has only a year left on his current deal with the London-based
club, sparking Liverpool’s interest.

English tabloid,
The Sun reports that Liverpool boss Hodgson is ready to make a move for
Etuhu, should he stall on a new Fulham deal, and use him as a
replacement should Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano leave Anfield.

“Unfortunately everything has been left to the last minute,” the Sun quoted a Fulham insider as saying.

“Although the situation is not ideal, no one at the club wants him to go.”