When Gozie Ugwu got the call there was surprise but minimal hesitation.
The journeyman striker from Oxford had reached the end of a contract at Greenock Morton and was waiting for the right offer when he was contacted by an agent, via another player, asking if he would be interested in spending a season in Saudi Arabia.
The “massive wages” on offer, Ugwu says, were unmatched and despite hearing “horror stories” about imported players being left high and dry elsewhere in the Gulf he decided to pack his bags. “The worst case scenario was it doesn’t work out and you come back home,” he tells Mirror Football .
