Obbi Oulare, a former Belgian Under-21 international who also represented his country at the youth level, was on the Watford books from 2015 to 2019, but played only three times for the Hertfordshire team.
The forward began his senior career in Belgium with Club Brugges and scored nine goals in 39 matches in all competitions before moving to England.
During his time at Vicarage Road, Oulare was loaned to Zulte Waregem, Willem II, Royal Antwerp, and Standard Liege.
He subsequently joined Liege full time, but appeared only 12 times at the league level last season, scoring two goals.
Barnsley has only made one incoming transfer so far this summer, adding former loan officer Devante Cole, who has joined the club after a stint at Motherwell.
BARNSLEY Co-Chairman Paul Conway is confident that the appointment of Khaled El-Ahmad as the Reds’ new chief executive will broaden the club’s recruiting base to incorporate players from around the world.
El-Ahmad has joined the club from City Football Group (CFG), where he has held his position since 2016 and will become the first Swedish CEO in British football after a transition period.
He will replace Dane Murphy, who has joined Nottingham Forest.
CFG owns a number of soccer-related businesses in major cities around the world, including soccer clubs, academies, technical support, and marketing companies.
Since graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with an MBA in 2005, El-Ahmad has served in various senior soccer and business positions across the continent, including as Concacaf Director at CFG, chief scout for Swedish outfit Djurgårdens AB, analyst at AaB, based in Aalborg, and CEO of several startups.
Co-Chair Conway said: “We are very excited to welcome Khaled to Barnsley as our CEO. Khaled has an incredible and diverse background in soccer and will immediately improve Barnsley’s overall management, recruiting, academy, and business operations.
“We consider Barnsley to be one of the best young talent screeners in the Sky Bet Championship, but it is also important for us as a club to evolve our recruitment to other parts of the world, including North America, South America and Scandinavia, all areas. . of Khaled’s experience.
“In addition, we need to further improve our business operations and improve our academy, both of Khaled’s areas of expertise.
“We look forward to next season at the Sky Bet Championship and once again we want to thank our fans for their unwavering support.”
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