Ghana striker Mahatma Otoo signed a one-year extension with Hearts of Oak on Monday ending fears of him leaving on a free transfer. 

The 21-year-old, who has been subject of massive interest from clubs in both at home and abroad, sealed the deal at a crunch meeting.

The Ghana league's leading scorer's current contract with Hearts runs out in August and could have left for free but he signed to stay with the former African champions.

The new deal leaves Otoo with the Phobians until August 2014.

Despite reported interest from clubs like Belgian giants Anderlecht, Portuguese side Benfica and Sunderland of England, the striker opted to commit to the Phobians.

SuperSport United have confirmed that Senegalese striker Mame Niang has signed a new contract with the club.

The on-loan University of Pretoria striker has agreed a new deal with Matsatsantsa, after they decided to offer him a second chance with the club.

SuperSport’s official Twitter account stated, “Mame Niang has signed a three-year deal with Matsatsantsa.”

Niang has been in impressive form while on loan with Tuks this season, scoring 10 goals as the club squeezed into the PSL’s top eight, despite only gaining promotion to South Africa’s elite league at the end of last season.

Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Isaac Chansa has joined Zambian side Zanaco on a short-term deal.

According to the player’s agent Ashley Rasool, this is an opportunity for Chansa to stay active while they mull over the “few offers” on the table for next season.

“It is a short-term deal. It is for three months. Their season is in full swing so he will stay active, while we wait for the PSL season to end,” Rasool tells KickOff.com.

Rasool further clarified that the 29-year-old was not on trial at SuperSport United last month as previously reported. “It was just an extensive medical for three days. For whatever reason SuperSport didn’t take it further and that was that.

Chelsea and Manchester United have joined the chase for Egyptian wonder-kid Ramy Rabia, Sky Sports reports.

The 19-year-old centre-half has emerged as one of the hottest properties in Africa.

The Al Ahly stopper made his club debut aged just 17 and he already has five full caps for Egypt.

Rabia is set to captain Egypt at the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey next month, and a host of clubs are ready to continue monitoring him.

Borussia Dortmund, Lille and Schalke are all known to be keeping tabs on him but now Chelsea and United have joined the list of suitors.

Hull City have released Seyi Olofijana from the club after their promotion to the English Premier League.

The former Nigeria international was offloaded along with 11 others, while four players including Senegal veteran, Abdoulaye Faye, were offered new deals.

Without a Championship start since November, Olofinjana was allowed to join the Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday ahead of March's emergency loan deadline for Football League clubs.

The move effectively ended his four-year association with the Tigers, and his release on Thursday was confirmation that there will be no place for him as manager Steve Bruce reshapes his squad. His four-year contract was due to expire in June.

Danny Shittu has signed a new two-year contract with Millwall that will take him through 2015.

The defender’s current deal was due to expire next month, but the club and their 32-year-old Nigerian captain agreed to a new contract.

Shittu, who captained the Lions for most of the current season, was delighted to stay on at the Den.

“There have been a couple months of talks and I'm delighted to have got it done,” he told the club website.

“We have had a lot of ups and for me to be staying here shows that I believe in this club and I believe a lot can come from it.”

Ghana winger Charles Takyi has returned to Germany after just one season by signing for Energie Cottbus.

The 28-year-old joined the Bundesliga II club on a two-year contract after spending one season in the Danish top-flight with Horsens.

His contract with Cottbus will end in June 2015.

Takyi leaves the Danish top-flight team on a free transfer having excelled in his one season with Horsens.

The attacking midfielder, who played for Ghana at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, left German side FC St. Pauli in June 2012 in a disagreement over his new contract.

Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse is a target for German giants Borussia Dortmund.

Champions League finalists Dortmund are expected to lose their star striker Robert Lewandowski, who is set to join fierce rivals Bayern Munich but has also been linked with Manchester United and Chelsea, this summer.

That has left Dortmund desperate for new options in attack and the prolific Cisse is one possible target this summer.

The 27-year-old Senegal international joined Newcastle from Freiburg for £9million in January 2012, and hit 13 goals in his 14 appearances last season.

Peter Odemwingie looks set to play his last match for West Brom against Manchester United on Sunday.

The Nigeria forward, 31, has had a turbulent year at the English Premier League club, who disciplined him for his critical outbursts on Twitter.

In January, he tried to engineer a move to QPR without permission and has not started a match for the Baggies since.

Manager Steve Clarke said: "His future will be decided in the summer. I don't think he'll be here next season."

Berekum Chelsea striker Eric Bekoe has arrived in South Africa to begin a one-week trial with Premier Soccer League side AmaZulu. 

The 26-year-old left Accra on Friday night to try his luck with the Durban-based side.

Bekoe has been in action for the 2011 Ghana Premier League champions where he has scored three goals in the top-flight.

But his fitness has been a major concern and will have to prove AmaZulu coach Craig Rosslee wrong.

The 2008 Ghana Premier League goal king can clinch a deal when the transfer window re-opens in June.