Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08 have announced that defender Franklin Tebo has quit the club for top Serbian club Red Star Belgrade in transfer that makes the defender one of the biggest outgoing departures.
Sarpsborg sports director Hampus Andersson announced this transfer.
“Without going into sums, this is a transfer that makes Tebo one of the biggest sales of a center back from Norway,” Andersson told the official website of his club.
“We have wanted to keep Tebo and in principle have the finances to do so, but with a forced sale, it is our task to manage the money in the best possible way.”
He admitted the club did everything to keep the player, who has been capped by the Super Eagles.
“We have done what we can to keep Tebo in Sarpsborg 08, but for us as a club it is also humanly difficult to resist a player who clearly signals that he wants to make a transfer,” he explained.
‘When we get to that point, it’s about landing the best deal possible for Sarpsborg 08.”
