Coventry winger to join his brother at Sale

Go: David Opoku-Fordjour

COVENTRY winger David Opoku-Fordjour has earned a move to Sale Sharks this summer.

The 22-year-old, brother of Sale’s England prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour, right, has signed a one-year deal with the option of a further year.

Opoku-Fordjour, who scored a hat-trick against Caldy last week, came through Coventry’s ranks and scored 21 tries in 30 appearances for the Champ club.

“I know the levels at a Prem club will be much higher but I’m really looking forward to playing and training with internationals every day,” he said.

“There are so many good wingers at the club – guys like Tom Roebuck and Arron Reed – and I just want to be a sponge and learn from them and develop as much as I can. “Asher and I are really close and playing with him again will be brilliant. When I spoke to him he just said that the environment at Sale is great and I would really enjoy it. He said the club is full of good people so I can’t wait to get started.”

Sale’s DoR Alex Sanderson said. “There’s some real talent and potential in the Champ and we think we’ve found one in David.

“He scores tries for fun but there’s plenty more to his game, and we’re looking forward to seeing how he develops in this environment, learning and playing with the international wingers we’ve got.”