Ex-St. Pauli defender
Former FC St. Pauli loanee Leo Östigard is staying in Italy after spending six months with Genoa CFC. However, the 22-year-old central defender will not play for the relegated team in Serie B, but for Champions League participants SSC Napoli. After the forthcoming transfer had been reported for weeks, the Norwegian was introduced by the “Partenopei” on Monday. He had already completed the medical check at the training camp in Dimaro.
Benvenuto Leo!
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— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) July 18, 2022
Östigard is leaving home club Brighton & Hove Albion for good after four loan spells in the past three years. The transfer brings the “Seagulls” according to “Sky Italia‘ A transfer fee of 5 million euros, which can rise up to 9 million, as well as a stake in a possible future transfer. Brighton had signed the international in 2018 for just 110,000 euros from his youth club Molde FK.
Napoli recently sold their defense chief Kalidou Koulibaly (31) to Chelsea for 38 million euros. In addition to Östigard, the southern Italians are trying, according to the Editing by Gianluca Di Marzio also about the competition in the race for Fenerbahces Min Jae Kim (25) yet to be surpassed. With the ex-Dortmunder Abdou Diallo (26) is another high-quality defender who has recently been linked with the SSC.
Note: This article was published by TM on Monday at 6:16 p.m. and was updated after the completion notice.
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