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Hakeeb Adelakun during his time at Salford City(Image: PA Images)<\/p>\nCheltenham Town are set to sign versatile forward on a short-term deal ahead of Monday night’s League Two home clash with Notts County<\/p>\n
11:59, 10 Nov 2025Updated 12:05, 10 Nov 2025<\/p>\n
Hakeeb Adelakun during his time at Salford City(Image: PA Images)<\/p>\n
Cheltenham Town are set to sign forward Hakeeb Adelakun on a short-term deal until January, Gloucestershire Live understands.<\/p>\n
The 6ft 3in 29-year-old has been a free agent since leaving Salford City in the summer.<\/p>\n
He scored both of Salford\u2019s goals in their 2-1 home win over Cheltenham last season<\/a> after going on from the bench, ending the campaign with 13 goals.<\/p>\n Adelakun has previously been on the books of Scunthorpe United, Bristol City – for whom he appeared in the Championship – and Lincoln City, also appearing on loan for Rotherham United, Hull City, Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers.<\/p>\n The Hackney-born player, who can operate across the front line, spent time in the youth set-ups at Crystal Palace and West Ham United.<\/p>\n He will now become Cheltenham\u2019s third signing since Steve Cotterill returned as manager, following midfielder Ben Stevenson<\/a> and defender Jonathan Tomkinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Robins play Notts County at home in League Two on Monday evening<\/a> (8pm kick-off).<\/p>\n READ MORE: Cheltenham Town v Notts County LIVE: Team news, updates and reaction all here this evening<\/a>READ MORE: How Steve Cotterill inspired Notts County\u2019s remarkable charge to League Two title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cheltenham Town are set to sign versatile forward on a short-term deal ahead of Monday night’s League Two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,135092,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-561622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cheltenham-town-fc","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115526063500548956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}