Emmanuel Emenike - Gone with the Wind

The 24 year-old Nigerian striker is playing for Spartak Moscow now. Surprisingly, he was one of the stars in Turkish Super League last year. He first came to Turkey for trials with Super League teams but failed. Then Karabükspor, a Second Division team back then, signed him and his Turkey adventure started. In his first year he became the second top goal scorer with 16 goals and led team to the title. He was also awarded the Best Foreign Player of the Year. Now it was time to prove himself in Super League. He scored 14 goals, although he suffered an injury for about 2 months. It was clear that he is a unique talent. He signed for Fenerbahçe to play in Champions League for bigger achievements. Fenerbahçe paid Karabükspor €9m for this transfer.

At those time he has been called up to the Nigerian National Team and scored his first goal against Argentina. Everything was like a dream but suddenly things started to change. Because of the nationwide match-fixing investigation he was taken into custody. This affected him so much and after Fenerbahçe got withdrawn from CL, he decided to leave without playing in an official game. Fenerbahçe had to let him go. They were financially in a bad position so they got €10m from Moscow side, gaining €1m.

As i see, he is still doing a good job in Russia (6 goals in 8 games). It won't take him so long to play in the top 3 leagues. The rumours already started. It is said that Chelsea is following him. Maybe it won't be Chelsea but i believe Emenike will be in much better places in the future. It was a big pleasure to watch him playing here and he will always be missed and welcome here in Turkey.