English go to watch Abdellaoue

England begin their summer campaign in earnest this weekend with a trip to Oslo to play Norway, but they will not be in lonely company as a whole host of Premier League scouts will join them in the short trip to Scandanavia to watch Norway striker Mohammed Abdellaoue.

Abdellaoue who looks to cause problems for commentators as well as defenders, is set to lead the line for Norway against the Three Lions on Saturday and a number of scouts will see this as a prime chance to get a close look at the 26 year old striker, according to Sky Sports.

The medium-sized attacker, who was weirdly born with just four toes on his left foot, has been in rich goalscoring form for his German club Hannover this season, hitting 16 goals in all competitions and he has also hit five for his country. He's right footed, you see.

Clubs like Arsenal had been tracking the striker back in January whilst Everton were rumoured to be interested before they settled on Nikica Jelavic in the new year's transfer window.

Abdellaoue made his name at Valerenga of Norway where he scored 30 goals in three years, and that type of form doesn't go unnoticed and Sky Sports say various clubs are preparing to delev back into the market for the striker of Moroccan descent who is more abbreviatively known as "Moa".

The agent of the Norwegian, Stig Lillejord, revealed in an interview with Sky that a number of English clubs had their targets set on his cherished Moa and that they will wait and see what occurs over the summer. Lillejord, who continues the trend of unpronouncable names, said he expects his client to be watched this weekend after his "fantastic" season with Hannover.

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