The Most Valuable Player of the recent AFCON, William Ekong, will be sold by his Greek club to the highest bidders in the summer.
Ekong joined PAOK in 2023 on a three-year contract and the 30-year-old defender would presumably want to leave the Thessaloniki club following his outstanding performance at the AFCON.
Respected Greek journalist Jonny Georgopolous said that PAOK would not allow Ekong to leave on the cheap, adding that there is already an undercurrent within the club that the Super Eagles defender would be allowed to leave in June.
“As you know, Ekong will be losing the rest of the season because he was recently operated upon after playing the AFCON with injury,” Georgopolous, who works with Greek foremost media outlet, SDNA.gr, told NationSports.
“According to what I gathered from PAOK, he’s happy here, but based on what he has done at the AFCON, he wants a bigger contract in terms of salary, which PAOK are not willing to pay; they would rather allow him to go at the end of the season.”
He added: “PAOK would want to take good money before he can be allowed to leave in June because based on what I have gathered, PAOK will allow him to leave at the end of the season.”
Interest of interest from Saudi Arabia was reported during the AFCON.
The Harlem-born Ekong has played for a clutch of clubs across Europe, including Dutch club Groningen, Gent in Belgium, Bursaspor in Turkey, Watford in England as well as Udinese and Salernitana in Italy, before he got to PAOK.
