Fenerbahce reject Emenike, striker set for China

 

West Ham flop Emmanuel Emenike may have  no choice but to move to Asia in the summer to reignite his ailing career.

The Hammers manager Slaven  Bilic signed the   29-year-old forward on  loan from Turkish giants   Fenerbahce until the end of the season during the January transfer window, with  the  Premier League club   having  the option of making the deal permanent.

But the former Nigeria striker failed  to repay  Bilic’s faith as he ended the season without scoring  a single Premier League goal for the London side,  who  rely  on a  Manchester United victory over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday  to secure  their place in the Europa League  next season.

Emenike’s only  two goals for the Hammers  came  in the same game against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup at Ewood Park on February 21.

Former Croatia manager Bilic, who has been linked with a summer  move for Marseille’s  Michy Batshuayi, Liverpool’s  Christian Benteke  and Arsenal’s Theo Walcott,   is said to be  unimpressed with the   South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations  winner’s showing in the season and is set to send the player back to his parent club in Turkey.

However, reports in the Turkish media on Monday claimed   Fenerbahce were  willing to part ways with Emenike after he fell out with fans and the board last season.

The former Russia-based  attacker  previously signed for Fenerbahce but he left for Spartak in May 2011 in the wake of a match-fixing scandal without ever playing a single game for  the Yellow Canaries.

Emenike, who remains under contract to Fenerbahce until June 2017, could swap Europe for the Far East to sign up for the Chinese Super League.

The  former Super Eagles player, who represented Nigeria at the  2014 World Cup in Brazil, had  revealed he turned down big  offers  from clubs in  China before moving to West Ham.

According to  The Mirror,  Emenike remains a target for Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.

 The report added that Shenhua, who signed Obafemi Martins  from  American  outfit Seattle Sounders in February,  had a offer worth £5.5m-a-year on the table for Emenike.

Struggling  LaLiga club Real Sociedad  have also  identified the former Al Ain  striker   as a prime transfer target  in the  summer transfer window as the Basque side move  to solve their goal-scoring woes.