Mikel Wants EU Passport; Midfielder Returns To Porto
Ex-Flying Eagles invitee Mikel Agu, 23, will not extend his loan agreement with Belgian First Division A team Club Brugge.<br /><br />The central midfielder spent the whole of last season on loan at Club Brugge and they were eager to offer him a new deal, but he has turned down the offer because he is hopeful of acquiring a Portuguese passport if he remains at Porto for one more year.<br /><br />“Mikel is returning to Portugal. He needs to stay one more year in Portugal to enable him get his Portuguese Passport, ” a source close to Mikel said to <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>. <br /><br />“If he had remained in Belgium for two years, he needs to start afresh before applying for a Portuguese passport. Brugge wanted him to stay but he has to return.”<br /><br />The BJ Foundation product first trained with Porto in 2009 before he was offered a contract during the 2011-2012 season.<br /><br />Mikel was in Nigeria for a short vacation but has flown back to Portugal ahead of the start of pre-season training. <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : www.hsmporto.pt <br />
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