Seattle Sounders General Manager, Garth Lagerwey, has disclosed Obafemi Martins’ transfer to China has not yet been finalised.
Lagerwey confirmed that Obafemi Martins, 31, is not with the club at training camp in Walnut, California, and that there is interest in the Nigerian forward from a Chinese club.
“It could take a while to have that resolved,” said the top official of the MLS club.And there’s really nothing we can add at this point.”
Lagerwey said that the club hopes to know more in the coming days, and that this situation doesn’t change how the club train and prepare for this week’s CCL match with Club America.
“We’ll do what we need to do, we have contingency plans. If that third DP spot opens up, it gives us a lot more roster flexibility and the ability to implement our long-term vision for this team,” he said.
All of this makes Martins’ departure sound rather certain, but Lagerwey dangled the possibility that the deal could fall through: “If it doesn’t, then we’ll have Obafemi Martins back and that’ll be a good thing, too.”
