Exclusive: Mallorca President Blocks Marvin Ogunjimi Transfer To Stromsgodset

Exclusive: Mallorca President Blocks Marvin Ogunjimi Transfer To Stromsgodset

<b>Allnigeriasoccer.com </b>understands that Belgium National Teamer Marvin Ogunjimi missed out on a move to Tippeligaen champions Str&oslash;msgodset before teams were allowed to conclude their transfer market business in Norway on March 31.<br /><br />The 26 - year - old forward had impressed manager Ronny Deila during trials and was set to be offered an initial one - year contract by Str&oslash;msgodset only for Real Mallorca to block the move at the last minute.<br /><br />Undoubtedly, the highlight of his performance in the test games was his brace in the 5 - 3 win over Mj&oslash;ndalen, Str&oslash;msgodset&rsquo;s last exhibition match before the start of the Premier League.<br /><br />Aware of the fact that Ogunjimi was not guaranteed game time, the leadership of&nbsp; Mallorca farmed him out on loan to OH Leuven for the remainder of the 2013 - 2014 season.<br /><br />There was an agreement between Mallorca and OH Leuven which stipulated that the Belgian club will be saddled with the responsibility of paying his wages.<br /><br />The current Chairman of Mallorca wanted to rubbish the achievements of the former Board , who rubber-stamped the club&rsquo;s decision to purchase the Belgian - Nigerian from Racing Genk in the summer of 2011.<br /><br />With hours remaining before the close of the market, Str&oslash;msgodset did all they can to force the transfer to go through and even offered an undisclosed sum to the Spanish team but their bid was turned down.<br /><br />It should be noted that Mallorca had promised Marvin Ogunjimi that he had the freedom to terminate his contract if he finds a new club but they reneged on the agreement.<br /><br />In the last few months, the ex Racing Genk hero had been linked with New England Revolution (USA), Veria (Greece) and Beitar Jerusalem but nothing came out of it.<br /><br />Photo Credit : ohl.be<br />
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