Yakubu Aiyegbeni Makes a Return to England

32-year-old Nigerian striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni whose last club was Al Rayyan in Qatar has signed with Reading.

In England he has also played for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, and Blackburn Rovers.

The Nigerian left Ewood Park in May 2012 for Guangzhou FC in Chinese football having scored 17 times in 29 Premier League appearances as the Lancashire club were relegated to the Championship.

The Reading manager, Steve Clarke, told the Reading website: “Yakubu brings a fantastic scoring record to this club and his addition will complement the strikers we’ve already got and help us to improve as a team in latter stages of the season.

“I know all about him as a player and I have heard very good reports about him as a personality in the dressing room. He is no-risk signing for us and I look forward to him scoring goals.”

With Reading 16th in the table, seven points above the relegation zone, Clarke will hope Yakabu – who has scored nearly 150 goals in English football – can instantly find form.