Conteh loan signing for Imps as Okewoye leaves City’s ranks

Lincoln City FC has added depth to the side’s midfield options with the signing of Kamil Conteh on loan from Bristol Rovers until the end of the season.  

Conteh, 23 (above) has clocked up almost 150 senior competitive career appearances after initially coming through the ranks at then-Premier League Watford. He has since spent time at EFL clubs Middlesbrough, Grimsby Town and Bristol Rovers. 

Conteh’s arrival completed City's business for the January transfer window, but the club has terminated the contract of Gbolahan Okewoye (below) by mutual consent.

The midfielder, who was a scholar at City before signing professional terms in the summer, has been allowed to leave to explore opportunities elsewhere.  

Okewoye spent time on loan at Lincoln United last season, helping the Whites to promotion, and came off the bench for the Imps in the Carabao Cup win at Harrogate Town earlier this season. He was most recently on loan at Grimsby Borough, in step 4 of the pyramid.  

Sporting director Jez George said: “This is best for Bola in allowing him to find a club closer to home that can give him a platform to play at a level higher than we have been able to find for him.  

“He has some outstanding physical attributes but we do not see him progressing into our first team and therefore it is better for him to move on now rather than staying until the end of the season without a realistic future pathway.”

See Sporting Director Jez George’s open letter to another Imp on the move, Lewis Monstma, who has completed a permanent move to Dundee FC at www.weareimps.com

Picture of Bola Okewoye by Vaughan Photography