ISL 2018-19: NorthEast United set to sign Joseph Boum, Bartholomew Ogbeche

The Highlanders are looking to strengthen their squad by signing the Cameroonian defender and Nigerian striker

FC are close to signing Cameroonian centre-back Joseph Boum and Nigerian forward Bartholomew Ogbeche for the (ISL) season 2018-19, Goal can confirm.

Ogbeche, 33, passed through the ranks of 's (PSG) youth ranks to represent the first team as he began his senior playing career in 2001 with the French side and went on-loan to Bastia and Metz. He scored nine goals with the sides that included six for PSG.

The Nigerian moved on with Al-Jazira in Arabian Gulf League in 2005 and then plied his trade in where he represented Deportivo Alves in the Segunda División and in the LaLiga. He had a stint with Greek Super League outfit Kavala FC and in the English Championship sandwiched between his time at Cádiz and Xerez back in Spain's Segunda División.

From 2013, Ogbeche has been playing in the Dutch top-flight Eredivisie league for Cambuur and Willem II where he collectively scored 36 goals in 97 appearances and five in 20 games for Willem II in the 2017-18 season. He also represented the national team between 2002 and 2004 and participated in the World Cup finals that was staged in in 2002.

Boum, 28, represented Mersin İdman Yurdu and Antalyaspor in both the Turkish 1.Lig (First League) and Süper Lig between 2009 and 2015. When at Antalyaspor, the defender brushed shoulders against the likes of Didier Drogba of during the Turkish Spor Toto Super League in 2014.

He was linked with a move to another Turkish side Gazişehir Gaziantep FK before joining Zira FK in the in the Azerbaijan Premier League in 2017.