<b>Allnigeriasoccer.com</b> understands that two unnamed English Championship sides explored the possibility of landing the signature of Nigeria international Akeem Latifu before he agreed terms with Ukrainian top-flight team&nbsp;<span><span>FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk</span>.<br /><br />The right-back becomes eligible for a Norwegian citizenship in the next twelve months or so and will probably join an English team&nbsp; after he is issued the document in the not too distant future.<br /><br />While a move to England in the winter transfer market failed to materialize due to red tape, Latifu</span>&rsquo;s proposed switch to the Dutch Eredivisie hit the rocks as the interested club could not pay him approximately 500,000 euros yearly wages which his is entitled to as a non-EU player.<br /><br />Aalesund had offered the defender a new contract but his intermediary Tony Harris turned it down for a new challenge elsewhere.<br /><br />The Akwa United product has agreed a one-and-a-half-year contract with <span>FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk.</span>