Nigeria U17 forward Olakunle Olusegun is closing in on a deal to join French Ligue 1 side Reims few months after completing a move to Danish side Fremad from Nigeria National League (NNL) outfit ABS FC.
Kunle as the forward who scored just once at the 2019 U17 World Cup is called by friends and close associates has already held extensive talks with the club after completing 18 on the 23rd of April.
The forward who finished as top scorer with five goals at the WAFU U17 Championship which served as qualifiers for the Africa U17 Cup of Nations failed to live up to his potentials in subsequent tournaments but did enough to earn a move to Fremad of Denmark.
“Kunle’s move to Reims is 80% done. Terms of the transfer is now been worked out by all parties involved but a fee is yet to be agreed as clubs are still looking at how to sort their finances due to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on their funds”, a source close to the deal told Owngoalnigeria.com.
” The believe is that the deal will go through at the end of the day because the fee involved isn’t that big but for now it’s around 85% done with both parties eager to close the deal for imminent announcement “.
Daniel Martins
