Saido Berahino joins Cypriot side AEL Limassol on free transfer and will line up alongside ex-Everton ace Kevin Mirallas
SAIDO BERAHINO has signed with Cypriot giants AEL Limassol as a free agent.
Former Premier League wonderkid Berahino, 29, joins his NINTH club after stints at West Brom, Stoke, Zulte Waregem as well as Sheffield Wednesday and loan spells at Northampton , Brentford, Peterborough and Charleroi.
The striker has put pen to paper on a two-year deal with AEL after completing a free transfer to the Tsirion Stadium where he will link up with ex-Everton ace Kevin Mirallas.
An official club statement read: “AEL announces the agreement in principle with the footballer Saido Berahino for the next two years.
“He is a 29-year-old (04/08/1993) international striker from Burundi with 16 appearances for his country’s national team.
“Saido moved from an early age to England with whom he competed in all the Nationals from U16 to U21.
“Berahino played for the English team Sheffield Wednesday last season in League One, while he has a 7-year tenure in the English Premier League with Stoke and West Bromwich [Albion].
“We welcome Saido Berahino to the AEL family and wish him every success.”
Berahino rose to prominence at West Brom with 36 goals and eight assists in 121 appearances and his impressive performances almost led him to a mega deal with Tottenham.
However, the former England youth international joined Stoke in 2017 but failed to replicate the same success he enjoyed at the Hawthorns.
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The Burundi star will be hoping to resurrect his career in Cyprus after nine goals and four assists in 36 matches at Sheffield Wednesday.
Berahino’s new team-mate Mirallas joined Everton in 2012 and registered 38 goals and 35 assists in in 186 appearances during his seven-year stint at Goodison Park.