Getafe eye Umar loan move

Spanish team Getafe is considering a loan move for Sadiq Umar, a struggling striker for Real Sociedad, ahead of the 2024/25 season.

The Nigerian international has had a challenging two years since paying €20 million to join the Basque team from Almeria in the summer of 2022.

The Super Eagles forward started the 2022/23 season in fine form, scoring three goals in five matches with a debut goal for the Txuri-Urdinak against Atletico Madrid, before suffering the injury that saw him out of action for 11 months.

Since his return from the ACL injury, Umar has been a shadow of himself.

After making his return in the 2023/24 season against Girona, Umar had gone 11 straight games in the league without scoring a game before netting a stunner in Real Sociedad’s 2-1 over Sevilla on matchday 12.

Despite the show of brilliance, the Nigerian has not been able to make his way into Imanol Alguacil’s starting XI playing a total of 1070 minutes from a possible 3240 minutes starting just 12 of the club’s 36 La Liga games.

In their last seven games, the 27-year-old played just 22 minutes after coming on as a substitute against Getafe.

With his future at the Anoeta Stadium uncertain, Football Espana on Wednesday wrote that he was destined to leave the club.

Within 24 hours, Spanish journalist Angel Garcia wrote that Getafe were interested in the striker ahead of next season.

The website wrote on Thursday, “As per Angel Garcia, Getafe are eyeing up a loan move for Real Sociedad striker Umar Sadiq,”.

Umar became a top target for Jose Bordalas’ team after he joined Andoni Iraola at Premier League team AFC Bournemouth. The team had lost Enes Unal over the winter.

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