Ehije Ukaki (2004) - RW/LW/RWB - Botev Plovdiv (Bulgaria, Band 6) - Contract Expiry: 2026

A 20 year old winger who is an excellent ball carrier and demonstrates great speed and endurance down the wing

League One Week begins with an exciting young African talent who has landed in one of the Eastern European leagues, but is available for immediate transfer to England under the ESC legislation.

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The ESC will form an important part of League One Week because every single League One club have ESC slots, and they make it much easier to sign players from markets all over the world.

An in-depth study into this will be written and published later this week, including some advice as to how League One clubs should look to use their slots, if, indeed, they have them available to use.

It is still possible for League One clubs to access the full GBE market. Huddersfield demonstrated this with the signing of Ruben Roosken in January, and Barnsley have also been active in the GBE market in the past as well.

If you are a League One club who are competing with other clubs in your league who have a bigger budget or more enticing terms, then your ESC slots or your creativity in GBE signings could be the biggest difference that your recruitment team can make in raising your bar.

We begin the League One Week player recommendations with a player who will require ESC, but he plays in a Band 6 league. Again, this is something that we recommend as a good tactic to stay away from the majority of UK scouting eyes to compete with.