Nwakali joins Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen on loan until the end of the season

NIGERIAN midfielder Chidiebere Nwakali has joined Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen from Norwegian club Sogndal on loan until the end of the season becoming the later Super Eagle to make a move in the January transfer window.

Nwakali, 21, a former Nigerian youth international has already joined up with the Dons at their winter training camp in Dubai. He has been a Manchester City since January 2014 and has had previous loan spells in Spain and Norway.

His signing, subject to a work permit, fills the gap in the Aberdeen squad opened by Greg Tansey's loan move to Ross County. An Under-17 World Cup winner in 2013, Nwakali is a central holding player who scored four goals in 26 appearances for Sogndal in last year's Tippeligaen.

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes, said: "Manchester City have been very keen for Chidi to get some competitive game time and it's a deal we've been working on for a couple of months now."

On 20 January 2014, Nwakali signed a four-year deal with Manchester City from Shuttle Sports Academy, after impressing with Nigeria under-17s at the 2013 Fifa U-17 World Cup. He was also a part of the first team's pre-season tour to the US in July that year and has subsequently been sent out on loan.