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FLASH | Leicester Sign Ex-Super Eagles Captain Ahmed Musa for €18.8m

Nigeria's forward Ahmed Musa celebrates scoring his second goal during the Group F football match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre on June 25, 2014,during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMADJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Premier League champions Leicester City are to sign Nigerian international attacking midfielder Ahmed Musa from Russian champions CSKA Moscow for $21 million (18.8 million euros).

Separately, Leicester announced earlier Sunday they had signed former France Under-21 midfielder Nampalys Mendy from Nice on a four-year deal, as they bolster their squad for a tilt at the Champions League.

The 23-year-old Musa, who scored a brace for Nigeria in a 3-2 defeat against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup finals, is to sign a five-year deal.

“A Player made for the Premier League”

“He’ll be leaving Tuesday,” CSKA coach Leonid Slutsky told Russian media of the player, who joined CSKA in 2012 and has scored 53 goals in 161 games.

“And if you look at the way things are done over there you’ll see he is a player just made for English football,” Slutsky said.

Leicester’s first signing since winning the English Premier League was Sporting Gijon defender Luis Hernandez on a free transfer.

 

Source: AFP

 

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