It is transfer expert Fabrizio Romano who claims that Club Brugge and Brentford have agreed on a transfer for Antonio Nusa.
The nimble winger is said to have given the go-ahead to carry out the club change himself.
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– Antonio Nusa to Brentford has many upsides. The road to a lot of playing time is shorter than at top clubs. And: Brentford are extremely thorough when they sign players. They know (almost always) exactly what they are getting – and how to use it. I think this will be very good, writes football expert Lars Tjærnås X, formerly known as Twitter.
A number of media outlets have reported in recent weeks that Tottenham have been very interested in securing 18-year-old Nusa. Now he will probably end up in Brentford instead.
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Boasting of the manager
The football expert explains to NTB that he believes it is “a wise choice by both parties”.
– He gets a manager who knows how to develop players, says Tjærnås.
Allegedly, the agreement means that Nusa will stay at Belgian Club Brugge until the end of the current season. In the summer he then joins Brentford.
Well-informed Romano writes on Sunday that an agreement between the clubs is in place. Brentford has reportedly agreed to pay around NOK 350 million for the Norwegian winger.
Nusa made his debut for the Norwegian national team last autumn and delivered very well.
He became a crowd favorite after his national team debut against Jordan on 7 September, where he delivered a goal and an assist. In the following game against Georgia, he had two assists.
Ajer teammate
Now there are many indications that the Premier League will be the next stop for the 18-year-old.
In Brentford, Nusa will then become a team-mate with Kristoffer Ajer. In recent years, the club has made a name for itself by connecting Scandinavian players. Manager is Danish Thomas Frank.
Brentford is currently in 14th place in the Premier League table.
It is not the first time that Nusa will be high on the block of a club in the English top division. Last summer, Club Brugge reportedly turned down a big bid for the Norwegian from Chelsea.