Nigerian forward Emmanuel Emenike has left Turkey’s Fenerbahce to join Spartak Moscow in Russia. Earlier on Thursday, Fenerbahce said it was considering offers from foreign clubs for the Super Eagle.
The club notified the Istanbul stock market, with the club’s shares having recently plummeted because of Turkey’s match-fixing scandal.
Emenike, 24, was questioned by Turkish police earlier this month but released without charge.
“Our player has stated that he did not want to stay in Turkey further and our management reached an agreement with Spartak Moscow,” Fenerbahce said in a statement.
Emenike leaves Fenerbahce without playing a match for the club since he only joined them from Karabukspor at the end of the season in May.
Fenerbahce’s shares have dropped by over 35 per cent since early July when its president Aziz Yildirim was jailed along with about 30 other suspects in the probe.
Fenerbahce faces the threat of losing its 2011 league title and possible relegation.
This week, the Turkish league was postponed by a month as the probe continues – with the new start of the season scheduled for 9 September.
Spartak Moscow currently lie fifth in the table, trailing city rivals CSKA by 13 points with the championship midway through.
Emenike, who made his name in Turkey with Karabükspor, is in Nigeria’s squad for next month’s friendly against Ghana in England.
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