Crystal Palace have completed the signing of striker Shola Ameobi on a free transfer. The
Nigerian international has signed a short-term with the Eagles until
the end of the season and was a free agent after leaving Turkish side
Gaziantep last month.
“I'm very excited to be
here, I wanted to get back in the Premier League and having worked with
the manager before it's been great to come back and hopefully help us
avoid the relegation battle,” he said.
“I had a
couple of other clubs interested but I think my relationship with Alan
[Pardew] and how much I enjoyed working with him was one of the big
factor in my decision.
“He instils confidence
in players and he always seems to get the best out of them, certainly he
did that at Newcastle and hopefully he can do that for me and the rest
of the lads here.”
The 33-year-old is best
known for his time with Newcastle United, where he spent 14 years after
breaking into the first-team from their academy. In nearly a decade and a
half on Tyneside he appeared 397 times for the Magpies, finding the
back of the net 79 times, winning the Championship in 2009/10 and
representing the club in the UEFA Champions League.
Ameobi
has also won 10 caps for Nigeria where he was born before moving to
Newcastle as a youngster. He represented the Super Eagles in the 2014
World Cup, having previously won 20 caps for the England under-21 side.
He
is no stranger to Palace boss Alan Pardew, having played under him for
Newcastle for four years before moving to Turkey in the summer on a free
after his contract expired. He scored four times in 11 outings for
Gaziantep before returning to England just before the new year. cpfc.co.uk
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