French Ligue 1 side Nice have completed the signing of highly talented Nigerian forward Victor Orakpo from Nigeria based football academy VOE for a fee reportedly in the region of €1.3m, OwnGoalNigeria.comreports.
The recently turned 18 year old caught the attention of all of Europe with a five star performance at the Bayern Munich world tournament, where he was voted the best player of the tournament leading to speculations that he could be signed up by the Bavarians.
However that didn’t materialize and he is expected to put pen to paper on a deal till the summer of 2027 after a routine medical, which is expected to take place later today. He came to our attention in July during the Bayern Munich worldwide scouting tournament, which was held in Argentina in July last year.
Orakpo scored winner against River Plate and also against Argentina Juniors during their stay in Argentina. He followed it up with another goal in their only test game in Germany, which they won 4-0 against KSV Hessen Kassel youth team.
Nice had him around for physical evaluation and test games and he showed his strength which is his hold up play , finishing ability and also pace.
Daniel Martins