Per reports exclusively gathered by OwnGoalNigeria.com editorial team Belgium top division side Genk have agreed a deal in principle with an English Premier League team for the transfer of Nigeria international forward Paul Onuachu.
27 year old Onuachu scored 35 goals last season to finish as top scorer in the league and also won the award for the most valuable player of the championship. He was also voted the best player of African origin.
A move away from the league was largely expected but it didn’t happen largely due to Genk’s valuation but they have since dropped their asking price. Onuachu on his part replaced his old agent and it appears a move is on.
A source who approached the player with a deal from a Serie A side was told by his management team that he is heading to the English Premier League next summer as an agreement is already in place.
” We had an offer for him to consider. So he directed us to his new management team. They told us Genk have reached agreement for his sale to a team in the English Premier League”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
Several reports in the Belgium media tends to also agree with that stand as it is widely reported that Onuachu who has 16 goals this season will leave the team in the summer with fellow Nigerian Cyriel Dessers as his replacement.
Dessers has impressed mightily on loan to Feyenoord but the Dutch side don’t have the €4m required to make the deal permanent and Genk are not willing to compromise on their stand.
