Ghanaian youngster, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, has officially signed a five-year-old contract with the Portuguese side, Sporting Lisbon.
.@AbdulFatawuI10 signed a five-year contract with #SportingCP ✍
Welcome Lion ?⚪ pic.twitter.com/oyR52JJuCR
— Sporting CP English ? (@SportingCP_en) April 6, 2022
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku has a release clause of 60 million euros.
Issahaku, 18, has been at the club since February and has been training with the U-23 side of Sporting Lisbon.
Sporting Lisbon beat the likes of Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen to secure the signature of the highly-rated attacking midfielder.
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku grabbed the headlines in the U-20 AFCON, after being named the player of the tournament and helping Ghana win its fourth youth continental trophy.
After the tournament, he signed for the Ghana Premier League side, Dreams FC, in anticipation of the move to Europe.
The forward was a member of Ghana’s team that represented the country at the Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Cameroon and played a part in the team edging Nigeria over two legs to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in Qatar.