Ghana striker Caleb Ekuban is close to sealing a return to his country of birth as Genoa closes in on the signing of the Trabzonspor player.

The Italian side have reached an agreement with Trabzonspor over the transfer of the striker while they have already agreed personal terms with Ekuban and will join them on a three-year contract after passing medical.

He is expected to undergo his medical examination in the coming days

Ekuban has failed to join the rest of his Trabzonspor teammates at their preseason training as he is pushing for a move to Italy.

He has spent the last two years in Turkey where he has shone attracting interest from a lot of clubs scattered around Europe with the likes of Celtic, Norwich,Genoa all interested.

The Italian side have been keeping tabs on the 27 year old striker since his move to the Turkish club with the view of making an offer in the summer.

Ekuban was impressive for his side in the Turkish Superliga as they chased European qualification scoring 10 goals in 30 appearances for Trabzonspor.

His goals alone contributed a whopping 20 points to Trabzonspor as they qualified for Europe.

The Italian-born Ghanaian striker began his football in Chievo Verona before joining Albanian side Partizani Tirana and then Leeds United and may be getting ready for a return to Sampdoria in the summer but French side St Etienne are reportedly also keen with Norwich too another interested side.

Ekuban has been capped nine times by Ghana scoring three goals.