English champions Leicester City are set to
break their record transfer fee for the second
time in a matter of days by buying Nigerian
international attacking midfielder Ahmed Musa,
his agent told the BBC on Monday.
The 23-year-old, who scored a brace for Nigeria
in a 3-2 defeat of Lionel Messi's Argentina at the
2014 World Cup, will see his present side Russian
outfit CSKA Moscow receive £16.6 million (S
$29.7 million) - a record outlay for Leicester.
"Everything has been finalised and Musa will be
in England for his medical on Wednesday,"
Musa's agent Tony Harris told BBC Sport.
Musa's soon to be former coach Leonid Slutsky
said the Nigerian - who scored 53 goals in 161
matches for CSKA since joining them in 2012 -
would be ideal for the Premier League.
"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.
According to the BBC, Musa rejected the
advances of Leicester's rivals Southampton,
Everton and West Ham.
Source: BBC Sports
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