According to leaks gathered by <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>'s Editorial Staff, AC Omonia central defender Rasheed Alabi will remain with the Nicosia based club until his contract expires at the end of May, 2013.<br /><br />Due to a glut of central defenders and for economic reasons, coach Neophytos Larkou had wanted to prune his squad. The top candidate to depart the club was former Gateway defender Rasheed Alabi. <br /><br />But after holding clear - the - air talks over his future with Larkou last week, Alabi has been given the green-light to continue his four - year romance with the 20 - time champions of Cyprus. And based on the discussions with the coach, maybe, Alabi could be reinstated to the first team.<br /><br />Other options were available to Rasheed Alabi if he had been shown the exit door by AC Omonia. <b>Allnigeriasoccer.com</b> can exclusively reveal that newly promoted Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Ramat Gan made enquiries on the availability of the center - back. Another alternative was Greek club Skoda Xanthi.<br /><br />AC Omonia have played two competitive matches this season - Europa League fixtures against Crvena Zvezda, Serbia - with Rasheed Alabi watching from the podium. This suggests that the Nigerian is still an outcast, though he has been allowed to see out his contract.<br /><br /><br /><br />