Ghana international, Kamaldeen Sulemana has passed his medicals and will be announced as new Southampton player in the next few hours
French Ligue 1 outfit Stade Rennes accepted a last-minute offer from English Premier League duo Everton and Southampton for the acquisition of Kamaldeen Sulemana on the transfer deadline day.
Sulemana and his representatives opted to seal a sensational switch to the St. Mary's Stadium outfit in a deal worth €25 million plus €3 million as add ons.
Kickgh.com can exclusively confirm that the 20-year-old has passed the mandatory medical examination conducted by Southampton few hours ago.
He will be signing a four-and-half year deal to become the English side's record signing after Danny Ings, who joined the Saints from Liverpool in a deal around the region of €25.1 million in 2019.
Earlier today French tabloid, L’Équipe reported that Rennes has accepted offers from Everton and Southampton for Ghanaian forward Kamaldeen Sulemana (20). The transfer fee is expected to be around €25m – the player now has to choose between the two Premier League sides.
Everton became the third club to enter the race for Sulemana, competing with Southampton and PSV for the Ghana international’s signing. PSV had made an offer of €15m, which could potentially have risen to €17m with add-ons, while Southampton had put forward a bid worth €20m.
Everton’s verbal bid was reportedly set at €19m, although Rennes had set their asking price at €25m after buying the forward from Nordsjaelland for €15m a year and a half ago. Sulemana’s desire was to leave, although it remained to be seen whether Rennes’ valuation would be met.
Since making the move to France, the wide man had scored six goals and four assists in 47 appearances, finding the net only once this term.
He featured twice for Ghana as he recorded the fastest time at the World Cup finals.
