Wolves, Leicester, Stoke and now Houston – Ade Akinbiyi’s most excellent adventure

Champ Corner's Steven Woodgate looks at the journeyman footballer who is finally bidding farewell to the English game.

We have seen the back off the one journeyman that cost in transfer funds is an equivalent to a small fortune.

Ade Akinbiyi has waved goodbye to English football to embark on the land of opportunities. And to be fair it was time to go.

He's completed his transfer to Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo in a venture that will see him reap huge financial rewards in the winter of his career. I just hope Houston isn't looking for a succession of spectacular goals.

The Londoner leaves Burnley, having only appeared in 15 games this season, in a good position with real ambitions for Promotion and they've done it all pretty much without him.

His only goal this season came in the Carling Cup against Chelsea and with his advancing age, he was surplus for requirements at Turf Moor.

Akinbiyi has played for a string of clubs and has always been highly thought off. His debut in football was against German Giants Bayern Munich for Norwich City before being shipped out on loan to Hereford United and Brighton.

First came of his big money moves as he moved to Gillingham, where he had the most prolific spell of his career before moving on to Bristol City for £1.2 million.

Wolves paid 3.5 million pounds for his services before leaving a mere 10 months later to join Leicester City in £5.5 million pound move. He moved to Crystal Palace with high expectations to come and cost a cool £2.2 million.

Then it was on to Stoke City, then Sheffield United before settling down with Burnley. An astonishing 11 clubs and transfer fees totalling passed £16 million.

Akinbiyi has moved on to his US adventure and leaves the Championship. His name is fondly remembered, if it was how bad he was or that his name was mentioned just too many times in transfer deadline day.

But I will always remember Leicester fans labelling him ‘Ade Akinbadbuyi' or the Sun coining him ‘The League's Worst Striker'.