Leicester City have
rejected a £12 million bid for Super Eagles World Cup star Ahmed Musa, reports
suggest.
Super Eagles attacker Ahmed
Musa has moved from Leicester City to Al-Nassr, the Saudi Arabian club said.
Th Nigerian international
was the Foxes' record signing when he moved to the King Power for £16.6million
in 2016.
However the 25-year-old
failed to hold down a place and was loaned back to his old club CSKA Moscow for
part of last season.
The former Kano Pillars
winger scored six goals in 10 appearances at the Russian club, three times as
many as he managed in his 21 Premier League appearances.
Musa scored twice at the
World Cup, with both goals coming against Iceland in the Group D clash.
The Saudi Arabian club
disclosed Musa signed a four-year contract but did not disclose the transfer
fee.
The announcement was also
accompanied by a bizarre video, that did not even feature their the Nigerian
star — only highlights of his playing career to date.
The clip consisted of a
flight taking off from London directly to Al-Nassr, with an unidentified man
walking past the security.
Then on board, highlights
of the striker playing for Leicester, Nigeria and CSKA Moscow could be seen out
of the cabin windows.
The footages included his
World Cup strikes against Iceland, and his International Champions Cup goal for
the Foxes against Barcelona.
Rather than the video
ending in the more traditional fashion, an image of the new signing in a shirt,
or perhaps even just a scarf, the short feature ends with the plan flying
perilously close to the main stand at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, the
plane only just clearing it as the captain announced their arrival.
Al-Nassr finished third in
the Saudi-Arabian professional league last season and will play in the Asian
Champions League play-offs in the process.
According to a UK Sun
report citing sources at Daily Mail, the offer arrived from Saudi Arabian side
Al Nassr, but eggheads at the Premier League side are eager to recover £16.6m
they splashed on the 25-year-old two seasons ago.
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