Official: Wayne Rooney welcomes Nigeria’s Muhamed Tijani to Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle have signed Muhamed Tijani on mortgage from Slavia Prague till the tip of the season, with an possibility to purchase, Soccernet.ng studies.

The 23-year-old Nigerian, who will flip 24 later this month, joined Slavia Prague final summer time from Banik Ostrava, a high Czech membership the place he had been since he was 18.

Tijani had profitable mortgage spells at Třinec, Karvina, and Taborsko, scoring 13 objectives in 33 video games for Taborsko within the 2021/22 season.

Within the 2022/23 season, Tijani broke into Ostrava’s first staff, making 25 appearances.

After his transfer to Slavia Prague for round £1m in 2023, he performed 19 video games and scored 4 objectives, together with two within the UEFA Europa League.

Argyle Head Coach Wayne Rooney expressed his pleasure about Tijani’s arrival:

“Muhamed becoming a member of additional strengthens our ahead line and he’ll deliver completely different attributes to the squad.

“He’s massive, athletic, and may run in behind, however is equally pretty much as good at holding the ball up and bringing different gamers into play.

“He has performed and scored within the Europa League so comes with a superb pedigree however can also be younger and eager to enhance. We’re actually trying ahead to working with him.”

Plymouth Argyle play within the EFL Championship and narrowly averted relegation final season after ending twenty first on the 24-team desk.