Mali striker aims to win contract

[Adalon]

Crewe Alexandra's search for a centre forward has moved to Europe with striker Abdoulai Demba arriving at the club on trial.

The 29-year-old Mali International has joined up with the Alex squad at Reaseheath this week as he looks to win a contract with the Railwaymen, and should feature in the clubs first pre-season friendlies which take place this week.

Demba, who has experience in Belgium and Greece, previously has a spell in England with Yeovil Town, scoring six goals in just eleven starts, and boasts an impressive goalscoring record wherever he has played.

"I don't know a huge amount about him," Dario told Crewe Alex World today in his Press Conference

"But he is one who Glyn has brought in. The word is out that we are after a striker and the lads agent called and said he thought he would be better than what we have already got.

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"So we'll have a look at him and Bas (Savage) somewhere along the line this week."

Demba, who is close friends with fellow English based players Mamady Sidibe (Stoke City) and Momo Sissoko (Liverpool) has spent the past season playing in Greece with Ethnikos Asteras but has more extensive experience playing in Belgium.

He had spells with KV Oostende and VC Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian League having first moved into European Football from the United Arab Emirates for whom he played for El Khalij.

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