Top Italian journalists Gianluca Di Marzio and Fabrizio Romano are reporting that Leicester City are close to securing the services of the 22-year-old defender Caleb Okoli from Atalanta.
Di Marzio said on X, formerly Twitter, that Atalanta will get €15m, including add-ons, from Leicester City for the defender who just returned from a season long loan deal at fellow Serie A side Frosinone.
Okoli is an U21 Italy international with 14 appearances for the Azzurrini but he is also eligible for Nigeria and former coach Jose Peseiro revealed asking Nigeria international striker Ademola Lookman to persuade the defender to switch allegiance to Nigeria.
Yes, we will try. After this friendly match against Portugal, there will be time to talk to him and to understand his decision, ” Peseiro told Tuttomercatoweb in 2022.
“Whether he wants to play with us or not. I will talk to him through Lookman: I will present my model to him. , what do I think of him, the project we can have together with Nigeria “.
A product of Atalanta and Vincenza Academies, Okoli spent the last season on loan at Frosinone, collecting 37 appearances across all competitions.
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