Ahmed Musa, captain of the Super Eagles, has officially signed for English premiership champions, Leicester City on a four-year deal worth £18million.
The former CSKA Moscow confirmed the move to TheCable on phone on Friday, saying: “I can now confirm to you that the deal is done.”
Musa becomes Leicester’s fourth signing after Ron-Robert Zieler, Luis Hernandez and Nampalys Mendy, and he will join up with his new teammates at their training camp in Austria next week.
The forward scored 13 goals in 30 games, with five assists and a passing accuracy of 74.5percent during the 2015-16 season — his most prolific campaign for Leonid Slutsky’s side since his arrival from Dutch side VVV-Venlo in 2012.
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Leicester tried and failed to sign Musa in January but have remained on his trail.
The 23-year-old has been at a CSKA training camp at an army base, 10 miles outside Moscow, and trained with his team-mates on Saturday but did not take part in a practice match against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on Sunday.
Musa, who can play as a winger or striker, has scored 54 goals in 168 games for the Russian club.
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Since making his international debut against Madagascar in September 2010, he has scored 11 times in 58 appearances, including two goals in the Super Eagles’ 3-2 defeat to Argentina at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Meanwhile, CSKA Moscow are signing Lacina Traore on loan to cover for Musa’s departure.
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