Former English Premier League footballer, Peter Odemwingie, is in a desperate bid to re-launch his dwindling career in Indonesia.
The Nigerian has come to a pre-agreement with East Java’s Madura United, to play in Indonesia’s top tier Liga 1, which will kick off in April.
The 35-year-old Nigerian winger will be tested first in a few exhibition matches next week, in Cilacap, Central Java, and Yogyakarta. The pre-season matches and a medical test on March 30 will determine whether Odemwingie is fit for the team.
“The agreement with the player is 99 percent complete, as we’ve agreed on the pre-contract conditions,” Madura United team manager, Haruna Soemitro, said via the club’s social media accounts.
“Odemwingie’s quality conforms to the team’s current needs, yet we need to see his performance during the pre-season matches in Cilacap and Yogyakarta next week,” he added. Odemwingie had his peak performance between 2010 and 2013, when he played for West Bromwich Albion, scoring 31 goals in 90 appearances.
The winger, who according to transfermarkt.com is worth $537,675, was released by Rotherham United in January.
Before joining Rotherham in October last year, he was loaned out by his former club, Stoke City to Bristol City, where he scored just two goals in seven appearances.
