Mansfield Town complete signing of Bolton Wanderers striker
Mansfield Town have completed the signing of striker Victor Adeboyejo from Bolton Wanderers.
Adeboyejo, 27, has signed a deal until the end of the season having spent three years at Bolton, where he scored 17 times in League One after a move from Burton Albion.
The Nigerian-born forward began his career in the youth ranks at Arsenal, AFC Wimbledon and Charlton, before making his professional debut at Leyton Orient in 2014.
His impressive performances earned him a move to Barnsley and after a five-year stint at Oakwell – along with loan spells at Bristol Rovers and Cambridge United - the frontman joined Burton Albion, where he scored 13 goals in six months.
Stags boss Nigel Clough said: “Victor is a big, strong, powerful centre-forward.
“We had two good chats with Steven Schumacher (Bolton manager) after our recent games and expressed our interest in Victor. He told us that he was a little unlucky as his [Steven’s] striking options were so strong.
“We’re also aware of him from his time at Burton, where he did very well.
“He’s different to what we have in the squad in the sense that he’ll give us a physical presence up there.”
On the January business so far, which has also seen the arrivals of Oliver Irow and Jon Russell join on loan from Tottenham and Barnsley, respectively, the manager added: “I don’t think we’ll be doing too much more business, if any at all, unless there’s someone heading out.
“We’re very pleased to get the three players in and to have done so early in the transfer window.”