Premier
League champions Leicester City have agreed a deal with CSKA Moscow to sign
Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa, the player’s agent disclosed on Monday.
The
23-year-old, who joined CSKA in 2012 and scored 54 goals in 168 games, is set
to sign for a club record fee at the Foxes.
Leicester
City stunned all last season on their way to the English title.
“Everything
has been finalised and Musa will be in England for his medical on Wednesday,’’
his agent, Tony Harris, said.
It was learnt
that Musa had earlier turned down offers from Southampton, Everton and West
Ham.
CSKA Moscow
coach Leonid Slutsky admitted the Nigerian, who can play as winger or striker,
is on his way out of the club.
“He’ll be
leaving on Tuesday,” Slutsky told the Russian media.
“If you look
at the way things are done over there, you’ll see he is a player just made for
English football.”
Musa made his
international debut against Madagascar in September 2010 and has scored 11
times in 58 appearances for the Super Eagles.
He scored
twice in Nigeria’s 3-2 loss to Argentina at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil,
becoming the first Nigerian to score twice in a World Cup finals match.
His first
goal in that Group F game was his country’s fastest at the tournament, coming
after just four minutes
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