Former Town Defender Ndaba Set For Serie A
Saturday, 26th Jul 2025 08:59

Former Town defender Corrie Ndaba is set to join Serie A Lecce from Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock, according to reports in Italy.

The 25-year-old is set to undergo a medical with the Giallorossi today, Killie having accepted a bid for the Dubliner, who is poised to sign a three-year deal with an option for a further two seasons.

Ndaba rejoined Kilmarnock on a three-year deal from Town last summer having spent the previous season on loan at Rugby Park, Hibs and League Two Chesterfield, managed by his former Town boss Paul Cook, having also been keen.

The former Republic of Ireland U18 international joined Town’s academy at 16 and spent much of his time with the Blues out on loan having had spells with Hemel Hempstead Town, Chelmsford City, Ayr United, Salford City, Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town prior to his initial year with Kilmarnock.

For Town, Ndaba, these days primarily a left-back but having played a lot of his earlier football at centre-half, made four starts and one sub appearance, all in cup competitions.

Meanwhile, ex-Blues loanee Brandon Williams, 24, currently a free agent, has been linked with a move to Besiktas, who are managed by his former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Photo: SIPA USA

Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.

Page:
1

Pendejo added 09:06 - Jul 26 Great move for him
3

bobble added 09:20 - Jul 26 Good move
0

Edmundo added 09:56 - Jul 26 Wow, Killie to Serie A - what's the standard in the lower half of Italy's top league, I wonder, compared to where we are?
0

Monkey_Blue added 11:32 - Jul 26 Do we know if we have a sell on? Be strange if we didn’t for a youngster these days.
1

WhoisJimmyJuan added 14:07 - Jul 26 It will be very interesting to follow his career. There was never enough of squad gap for him to make the break with us it seemed. Very best of luck to him.
0

armchaircritic59 added 19:08 - Jul 26

Edmundo, if this is of any help, in the current Opta stats ( as of today ) for the rankings of clubs around the world, ( there are over 10,000! ) ITfC stand at 121, Lecce at 174. There is a difference in power points of 1.5. I watched quite a lot of Italian football last season. Based on the above figures and what I saw I'd say there's probably not a great deal of difference between the lower reaches of Serie A and the top end of the Championship.

That's my summing up of course, based on Opta and my opinion ( not a fact! ). If that helps, excellent, if not, I apologise!

Oh and I should add, good luck to CN, a great move for him! Though he might find the difference in class from Kilmarnock eye opening, they are rated at position 758. Stats don't play football of course, but in the absence of another reliable way of rating class/ability of football teams from different countries and levels, I can't think of anything better.