Rapid Vienna Turn Down Chance To Sign Macauley Chrisantus

Austrian Bundesliga powerhouse Rapid Vienna have turned down the opportunity to sign  Macauley Chrisantus.

Sportnet.at  says the Golden Shoe winner at the 2007 Fifa Under 17 World Cup had been offered to the club by an agency.

But the higher ups at The Green - Whites passed up the chance of acquiring the soon - to - be free agent.

Sturm Graz had courted the former Nigeria youth international, but the forward failed to agree terms with them before he joined Las Palmas in Spain in 2012.

Greek club AEK Athens are thought to in pole position to secure the signature of Macauley Chrisantus, with an official announcement expected in the next 48 hours.

Technically still on the books of Sivasspor, the 24 - year  - old scored once in 8 Super Lig outings for the Turkish outfit.