One player that is said to have had a trial period at Bloomfield Road, is set to end up at their League One rivals.
Port Vale, a League One opponent of Blackpool, is nearing a deal to sign a player who was on the team’s radar a month ago.
Although the January transfer window hasn’t yet opened and the summer transfer window has closed, clubs are still permitted to sign free agents if there are openings in their rosters.
It has already been utilised by Blackpool’s League One rival Port Vale to acquire former Tangerines striker Uche Ikpeazu. The 28-year-old agreed to a contract with Vale Park that would last until the conclusion of the current campaign, although he has not yet made his second Valiants debut.
The Staffordshide side are now looking to use the free agent market again, and are now said to be signing a player that had a trial period at Bloomfield Road. The Athletic journalist Tom Bogert claims that Vale are close to signing Adeteye Gbadehan.
He said in a tweet on Wednesday morning: “Sources: American central midfielder Adeteye Gbadehan is nearing a deal with League One side Port Vale. Gbadehan, 19, trialed with Southampton and Brentford previously, but prioritizing better likelihood of first team soccer with Port Vale.”
It was earlier reported by Sun journalist Alan Nixon on his Patreon page that Blackpool had taken him on trial, and that he had also been training with Championship outfit Southampton, whilst Brentford had an interest, with other Premier League clubs keeping an interest. Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are said to have made enquiries according to The Secret Scout.
The six foot three inches midfielder came through the US Soccer academy system, and played for a club called Future SC Monarchs, where he lifted the 2021 Dallas Cup. His move to Port Vale could see him fast-tracked to the first-team, compared to the other interest parties who would have likely put him in their Under-21’s team first. Gbadehan didn’t join an MLS academy, and through having a British passport, headed to Europe with the aims of playing in the continent.
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