Sunday Mba Moves To Bastia

The Nigerian attacker, Sunday Mba, who scored the goal that won the African Nations Cup for Nigeria in February in South Africa, left Warri Wolves for French team CA Bastia on Thursday.
The 24-year-old has signed a one-year deal, the Ligue 2 club told reporters including Reuters correspondent in Corsica.
Mba, who was on target in the 40th minute of the1-0 victory over Burkina Faso in the Nations Cup final match in Johannesburg, cost CA Bastia a fee of €1.32m.
The promoted French club are 15th in the 20-team table with two points from four games.
The move to France ends the severally speculatedmoves to Turkey and other rumoured countries since he hit the limelight with a superb strike against a Cote d'Ivoire team inspired by legendary Didier Drogba. Soon afterwards the player became a subject of controversy over ownership between Wolves and Enugu Rangers. The dispute became messy which forced the Nigeria Football Federation to set up a committee to handle the matter.
One of the implications of the Mba transfer to Europe means that Nigeria will no longer get his services when the African Nations Championships hold in South Africa in January. The competition which Nigeria qualified for the first time after eliminating Cote d'Ivoire is reserved specifically forplayers in their various countries domestic league. Mba played a major role in the qualifying race for the competition holding in the third edition.

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