This summer some of Nigeria’s biggest stars, from Victor Osimhen to Ademola Lookman, will be changing clubs. It will most probably the busiest ever transfer market involving Nigerian stars. SCORENigeria picks the Top 10 likely transfers by Super Eagles stars.
10 Tolu Arokodare
The Genk striker is most likely to cash in on his most prolific season ever in Europe – 18 goals and counting. He still has two years left on his contract but his ambitious club will sell for between 20 and 25 Million Euros. The Premier League and Ligue 1 will be likely destinations, which are the top football predictions.
9 Paul Onuachu
The giant striker has been relegated to the English Championship with Southampton for the second straight time. But despite a late start, he is still the club’s leading scorer in the Premier League this season with four goals. That means he can still do a decent job in the English top league, while top Turkish clubs like Trabzonspor and Besiktas are also interested.
8 Bright Osayi-Samuel
The fullback is on the transfer window as his contract with Fenerbache will end this summer. The Turkish giants will table an offer at season’s end amid speculations that he could head back to England after more than three years in Turkey.
7 Raphael Onyedika
He is one of a number of players from the defending Belgian champions set to leave this summer on the back of an impressive run in the UEFA Champions League. Club Brugge splashed Nine Million Euros to sign him from Denmark and will now at least double that sum to let him go. The Premier League is a possibility.
6 Stanley Nwabali
The Super Eagles No 1 did not make the big transfer many expected last summer. A switch to one of the top guns in the South African PSL is the more realistic one. The player himself recently sang the praise of Kaizer Chiefs.
5 Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Will Lazio now sign the midfielder, who has been a season-long loan from Turkey? He has done enough at the capital city club to be rewarded with a permanent deal.
4 Samuel Chukwueze
He has failed to establish himself at AC Milan and it will be a surprise if he does not finally leave the San Siro after all the speculations surrounding his future. England again is a possible destination for the winger, whose growth has stalled for many years now.
3 Moses Simon
His numbers have installed him as one of the keys stars of struggling French Ligue 1 side FC Nantes. He will soon be 30 and get his French passport for him to now aim for big payoff. The millions the rich Saudi Arabian league offer may be irresistible now.
2 Ademola Lookman
His time is up at Atalanta and it now be for a bigger club to meet the valuation of the Italian club for ‘Mola’ to make a major transfer this summer. The asking price is around 60 Million Euros with Juventus, PSG and a handful of Premier League clubs linked to the reigning CAF African Player of the Year.
1 Victor Osimhen
Where will the star striker play next season? Top Transfer Expert Fabrizio Romano is clear – he will go to the club who offer him the biggest salary. Galatasaray want to keep him, while Premier League clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal as well as PSG have been linked to Osimhen. Saudi Arabian clubs have the cash to lure him from Europe.
