Lille talks on with Gent for Gift Orban
As reported by Sacha Tavolieri, Ligue 1 outfit Lille have engaged in negotiations with Belgian 1st division side Gent over the possibility of signing 21-year-old Nigerian attacking pocket-rocket Gift Orban.
Orban, who has also been on the shortlist of fellow northern France side RC Lens as a possible replacement for Loïs Openda, who joined RB Leipzig for a deal that cost more than €50m.
Les Dogues are moving to make an attacking reinforcement, despite no concrete interest in their current star forward, Canadian international attacker Jonathan David.
For Orban, Gent want a base fee of €25m for a player that they bought just 8 months ago from Norwegian 2nd division side Stabæk for just a few million Euros.
Gent are attempting to slow talks with interested parties as they believe that they will have a bidding war towards the back-end of August involving a number of Premier League sides.
Orban himself is interested in the idea of a move to Lille. One to watch.
GFFN | James Thorpe
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