Wigan look set to seal a major transfer coup after Lyn Oslo
agreed to let starlet Chinedu Ogbuke join The Latics.
Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Barcelona are
just some of the clubs to have taken a keen interest in the
Nigerian.
The 20-year-old, known as Edu in Norway, saw a move to Lokomotiv
Moscow fall through last month and he is now in line to move to The
JJB Stadium.
Lyn are ready to let Ogbuke leave but are desperate to avoid a
transfer wrangle after last season's John Obi Mikel saga - which
eventually saw him join Chelsea.
Now Lyn are letting Ogbuke's agent John S.h.i.t.tu finalise a move
and they have agreed to let him go on a short loan to Wigan - with
a view to a permanent deal.
"We have not been in contact with Wigan, but Ogbuke is going to
Wigan on loan for a couple of weeks, then we'll see what happens,"
said Lyn sporting director Torgeir Bjarman.
"We said if that is what S.h.i.t.tu and Edu want, they have
permission to do that.
"I won't speculate on any transfer fees and he has a return ticket
in a couple of weeks.
"The only thing I want to say is that if he is not sold, we have a
superb attacker, but if he is sold it will be for a good amount of
money."
Norwegian sources claim that Wigan have already agreed to pay
£3million for Ogbuke - who will discuss personal terms when he
arrives at the club this week.
